Bob Seger Anthology (piano, guitar, vocal)

AGAINST THE WIND

Medium Rock beat

Words and Music by BOB SEGER

seems like yes - ter - day,- d the years rolled slow - ly past. -

was long a - go. And I found my - self a - lone.

Ja - ney was love - ly. She was the queen of my nights, sur - round - ed by stran - gers I thought were my friends.

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there in the dark - ness with the ra - di - o play - in' low. - an 1 found my - self - fur - [her and fur - ther from my - home,- and 1

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guew J lost my way. -

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the moun -

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like a wild fire out of con - trol- till there was liv - in' Lo run and run - nin' to live. -

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noth - in' left to bum and noth - in' left to prove. - wor- ried a - bout pay - in'. or e - yen how much I owed. -

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And I re - mem - ber what s h e said to Mov - in' eight miles a min - ule for months at a Well, those drift - er's days are - past me

me, - time, - now. --

how she swore that it nev - el would end. - break - in' dl of the rules- that would bend,- 1 got so much more to think a - bout: -

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I be - gan to find- my - self search - in', dead - lines _ and cam - mit - ments.

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what to leave in, what to leave out. A - gainst the wind._

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we were run - nin' a - gainst - Lhe wind. - We were lit - tle some- thin' a - gainst - the wind. - I

I 'm still n ~ n - nin' a - gainst- the wind. _ I 'm

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the wind. the wind.

old - er now, - but still run - nin' 3 - gainst - the wind.

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Repeat and Fade

AMERICAN STORM Words and Music by

BOB SEGER Power Ruck

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Head - in' out on some un - chart - ed path.- you E\, - 'ry - bod - y casrs a cer - tain light, - a

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soon rum back, - it hap - pcns time - and time a -gain spe - cia1 gift, -- it's theirs to use - for wrong or right

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you nev - er seem to reach the end. when you face the night.

More and more we choose the eas - y way, - we take no risks, - we

fig - ure out - which games to play and how to

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Ev -'v - time I look you're Sud-den - ly the pres-sure's

fall - in', fall - in', beat - en by the wind. - fall - in', fall - in', skies have ;111 turned grey. -

Ev - 'ry - time I turn a - round he's there a - gain. Sud - den - l y the storm is head - ing straight your way.

It's like a full - force- gale, It's like a full force- gale

an A - mer - i - can storm. - a - top a moun-rain of cold.-

You're bur - led tar be - neath a You tell your stor - y a - gain-

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It's like a wall- of mirrors. you charge 'em at full (D.S.) You face a wall - of mirrors you charge 'em at full

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you cov - er up, you hear the shat - ter - ing glass-

but you nev - er bleed.-

I need.

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I You face a full - force

pe-=---p~/- the need.

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you nev - er feel - the need.

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BEAUTIFUL LOSER W o r d s a n d Music by

BOB SEGER Moderately

He wants to dream like a young man with the wir - dom of an He's your old - est and your best friend: if you need him. he'll

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1 old man. be there a - gain. -

He wants his home and se - cu - ri - ty. He's a1 - ways will - ing to be sec - ond best.

1 he wants to live like a sail - or at sea. a per - fect lodg - er. a per - frct guest. -

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1 all. You can't have it all, -

Play 3 times

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I He'll nev - er make an - y en - e - mies, en - e - mies.

I He won't corn - plain it he's caught in a freeze. -