Biography:
Old Man Luedecke (Chris Luedecke) is a singer and banjo player living near Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Old Man Luedecke left the big old city of Toronto, met a girl in the Yukon, fell in love, bought a banjo and fell in love again. After a couple of years of love and banjo and the makings of a brilliant performing career in sunny Halifax, he returned to the Yukon with his sweethearts. There he woodshedded. He wrote a ton of songs over the next year and a half.
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[Intro]
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D A
D A
[Verse]
D A
Oh bright minds of poverty
D A
Hold on to your heart won liberties
D A
And discard your store-bought realities
E D
Don’t let them take the joy that you make
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On your own
D A
Work when you need to maybe
D A
Don’t let ‘em bleed you baby
D A
They do nothing more than feed you lady
E D
Don’t let them take the joy that you make
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On your own
[Chorus]
E A
Don’t fuss, don’t fight it no
E A
Take that wrong and right it ho
E D
Can always live on rice and potatoes
E D
Take your heart’s candle and relight it
D E A
I quit my job
D E A
I quit my job
D E A
I quit my job
D E A
I’m free today
[Interlude]
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D A
D A
[Verse]
D A
Should be proud of where I am
D A
All my friends work their dreams with their hands
D A
And truly this is the promised land
E D
Don’t let them take the joy that you make
A
On your own
D A
Don’t kill yourself about making it
D A
Just be takin it easy but be takin it
D A
There’s enough out there who are fakin it
E D
Don’t let them take the joy that you make
A
On your own
[Chorus]
E A
Don’t fuss, don’t fight it no
E A
Take that wrong and right it ho
E D
Can always live on rice and potatoes
E D
Take your heart’s candle and relight it
D E A
I quit my job
D E A
I quit my job
D E A
I quit my job
D E A
I’m free today
A
D A
D A
[Verse]
D A
Oh bright minds of poverty
D A
Hold on to your heart won liberties
D A
And discard your store-bought realities
E D
Don’t let them take the joy that you make
A
On your own
D A
Work when you need to maybe
D A
Don’t let ‘em bleed you baby
D A
They do nothing more than feed you lady
E D
Don’t let them take the joy that you make
A
On your own
[Chorus]
E A
Don’t fuss, don’t fight it no
E A
Take that wrong and right it ho
E D
Can always live on rice and potatoes
E D
Take your heart’s candle and relight it
D E A
I quit my job
D E A
I quit my job
D E A
I quit my job
D E A
I’m free today
[Interlude]
A
D A
D A
[Verse]
D A
Should be proud of where I am
D A
All my friends work their dreams with their hands
D A
And truly this is the promised land
E D
Don’t let them take the joy that you make
A
On your own
D A
Don’t kill yourself about making it
D A
Just be takin it easy but be takin it
D A
There’s enough out there who are fakin it
E D
Don’t let them take the joy that you make
A
On your own
[Chorus]
E A
Don’t fuss, don’t fight it no
E A
Take that wrong and right it ho
E D
Can always live on rice and potatoes
E D
Take your heart’s candle and relight it
D E A
I quit my job
D E A
I quit my job
D E A
I quit my job
D E A
I’m free today
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