The biggest disappointment

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1. They had my future wrapped up in a parcel,

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and no one even thought of asking me.

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The day I turned fifteen I caught the mail train

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to find what else might be in life for me.

Em B7

I rode on trucks and trains and lived on nothin',

Em A

served me right for wanting to be free.

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Ah, well, that's the way society looked at it,

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but it didn't seem to be that way to me.

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And the biggest disappointment in the family was me,

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the only twisted branch upon our good old family tree.

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I just couldn't be the person they expected me to be

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and the biggest disappointment in the world was me.

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2. A lot more dinner times than there were dinners,

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I learned a lot that hurt me at the time.

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Then this quiet country boy went home a different man,

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with a memory of distance on my mind.

Em B7

But I always spoke too loud and laughed too often,

Em A

maybe drank too many glasses down,

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and perhaps my clothes were older than I realised,

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a relief to all concerned when I left town.

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And the biggest disappointment in the family was me,

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the only twisted branch upon our good old family tree.

G B7 Em A

I just couldn't be the person they expected me to be

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and the biggest disappointment in the world was me.

+ repeat CHORUS

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(orig. = capo 2nd) (Slim Dusty & Troy Cassar Daley)