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[Verse]
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Emptying out my pocket's things
G
Wondering why the caged bird sings
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Charged with the same dang crime
G
Sentenced for the third dang time
E                  A             B
I'm not innocent I never said I was
       E
But my lawyer doesn't have a tongue
      A            B
Like Jesse Jackson does
    E
But here inside this prison cell
  A           B
I keep remembering
     C                    D
My parole officer was the purtiest thing

[Chorus]
      G               C         G
And I still know your number by heart
     G             C             D
Even though you no longer play a part
     C       D            G              C
Well I don't know if it's love or if I'm smart
      C               D         G
But I still know your number by heart

[Verse]
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Dreaming of the hours we spent
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Sure beats breaking up cement
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We were introduced by fate
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Sort of like a first blind date
E
Our secret rendezvous
    A                  B
Set free this heart of mine
E
But I know that you'd follow me
 A                B
Across the county line
E
And I've seen how drugs and alcohol
    A               B
Can get your dander up
    C                      D
But for your assurance I'd pee in any cup

[Chorus]
      G               C         G
And I still know your number by heart
     G             C             D
Even though you no longer play a part
     C       D            G              C
Well I don't know if it's love or if I'm smart
      C               D         G     F
But I still know your number by heart

[Bridge]
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I saw a statue of a lady
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And justice was her name
D
And I knew the balance that she held
D
Would some day tip my way
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Some poet said that love's blind, too
D7
But I could see its plan
D7
Cuz that little job I pulled last year
D7
Some day made me your man

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
E
I dream of breaking out
     A            B
Your pull is so intense
    E
The hounds of love
     A                   B
Keep barking through the fence
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But I know in three to five
     A             B
I'll need you even more
  C                   D
I pray my file comes knocking at your door

[Chorus]
      G               C         G
And I still know your number by heart
     G             C             D
Even though you no longer play a part
     C       D            G              C
Well I don't know if it's love or if I'm smart
      C               D         C
But I still know your number by heart