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A* = Asus2 A Asus4

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Sophomore year,
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you rushed for an average of eight and a third yards per carry.
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All eyes were on you. 
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Junior year,
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you blew your knee out at an out of town game.
G A
Nowhere to go to but down, down, down.
D G
Nothing but the ground left for you to fall to.

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by July,
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you'd made a whole bunch of brand new friends,
G A
people you used to look down on.
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And you'd figured out a way to make real money
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givin' ends to your friends, and it felt stupendous.
G A
chrome spokes on your Japanese bike,
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but selling acid was a bad idea,
D G
and selling it to a cop was a worse one.
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And the new law said that seventeen year olds could do federal time.
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you were the first one, so I sing this song for you,
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William Stanaforth Donahue, 
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your grandfather rode the boat over from Ireland,
D G
but you made a bad decision or two.
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yeah.