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I was born with a heart made of copper and gold
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I  polished it down so I would not grow old
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But  the rains they come under ripe blackened skies
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And they wither my heart despite all I try

[Verse 2]
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Shadow of death, it is trailin' me
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It  haunts me on land and it haunts me on sea
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Try  as I might I just can't get away
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It'll haunt me until it kills me one day

[Verse 3]
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My  wife is my darlin' and I am her man
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As much as I love her she don't understand
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That the ways of the world are not always kind
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And the weight of the world is a burden at times

[Verse 4]
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I've  talked to the Devil when I'm down in the hole
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He always says he owns my soul
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And no matter how much that I beg or I plead
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That the day that I die he'll come take it from me

[Verse 5]
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So I leave you this heart made of copper and gold
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And may it be yours till you grow old
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If the rains ever come and anger your seas
         F                          G        Am
Will you polish that heart and then think of me?
         F                          G        Am
Will you polish that heart and then think of me?