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I better quit my talking 'cause I told you all I know But please remember, pardner, wherever you may go The people are building a peaceful world, and when the job is done, That'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done.
Woody Guthrie
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Woody Guthrie
Age: 55 †
Born: 1912
Born: July 14
Died: 1967
Died: October 3
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I ain't a communist necessarily, but I been in the red all my life.
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Let me be known as just the man that told you something you already knew.
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Left wing, chicken wing, it don't make no difference to me.
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Anyone who used more than three chords is just showing off.
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