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1	If heartaches brought fame,						If heartaches brought fame in love's crazy game,	1
2	In love's crazy game,						I'd be a legend in my time. If they gave gold	2
3	I'd be a legend in my time.						statuettes for tears and regrets, I'd be a legend	3
1							in my time.	1
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3							But they don't give awards, and there's no praise	3
4							or fame For hearts that are broken for love that's	4
5							in vain.	5
4	If they gave gold statuettes,						If loneliness meant world acclaim, Everyone would	4
5	For tears and regret,						know my name I'd be a legend in my time.	5
1	I'd be a legend in my time.							1
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3	But they don't give awards,							3
4	And there's no praise or fame.							4
5	For hearts that are broken,							5
6	or love that's in vain.							6
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8	If lonliness meant world acclaim,							8
9	Everyone would know my name,							9
10	I'd be a legend in my time.							10
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12	[Spoken:]							12
13	If heartaches brought fame,							13
14	In love's crazy game,							14
15	I'd be a legend in my time.							15
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17	If they gave gold statuettes,							17
18	For tears and regret,							18
19	I'd be a legend in my time.							19
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21	[Sung:]							21
22	But they don't give awards,							22
23	And there's no praise or fame.							23
24	For hearts that are broken,							24
25	or love that's in vain.							25
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27	If lonliness meant world acclaim,							27
28	Everyone would know my name,							28
29	I'd be a legend in my time.							29
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31	[Instrumental to end.]							31
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34	[A LEGEND IN MY TIME]							34
35	[Written by: Don Gibson[1]							35
36	Performed by: Johnny Cash							36
37	Appears on: American (Recordings) V: A Hundred Highways-2006[2].]							37
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39	[1]Donald Eugene Gibson (April 3, 1928–November 17, 2003), born in Shelby,							39
40	North Carolina, into a poor working-class family, he was a talented							40
41	songwriter, and an country musician. Gibson was nicknamed "The Sad Poet,"							41
42	because he frequently wrote songs that told of loneliness and lost love.							42
43	He wrote and sang "I Can't Stop Loving You," a song that would be recorded							43
44	by over 700 artists, most notably by Ray Charles in 1962. He also wrote and							44
45	recorded "Sweet Dreams," a song that would become a major 1963 crossover hit							45
46	for Patsy Cline. Roy Orbison was a great fan of Gibson's songwriting, and							46
47	in 1967, he recorded an album of his songs simply titled Roy Orbison Sings							47
48	Don Gibson. Gibson was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame							48
49	in 1973, and in 2001, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.]							49
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51	[2]Transcribed from the track on this album.]							51

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