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| Rainy night | down in the engine | house |
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| Sleepin' just as still as a m | ouse |
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| Yeah, a | man came along and chase us | out in the rain |
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| Well was t | hat a | vigilante | man |
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| Stormy days, w | e pass the time | away |
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| Yeah sleepin' in some good warm | place |
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| And a | cop come along we give him a little | race |
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| Say was | that a | vigilante | man |
| E | A | |
| Well tell me why does | a vigilante | man |
| E | |
| Tell me why does a vigilante | man |
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| Carry that | sawed off shotgun in his | hands |
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| To shoot his brothers and | sisters down that | no good vigilante m | an |
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| Well I ramble around y | eah, from town to | town |
| E | |
| Yeah I ramble around mmmh, from town to | town |
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| Yeah and they | run us around like a wild herd of | cattle lord |
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| Yeah is that your | vigilante | man |
| E | A | |
| Well tell me why does | a vigilante | man |
| E | |
| Why does a vigilante | man |
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| Ca | rry that club in his h | ands |
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| Would he beat an in | nocent man down t | hat no good vigilante | man |
| Oooh (Fade out) |
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