Tom: G
Verse One:
G D C D
It doesn't start it just begins
G D C D
With a gun and a liquor store
G D C D
Like every thief I know I can't win
C D
Just don't know when or where
G D C D
I pulled a job in Tennessee
G D C D
A little bank with a big score
G D C D C D
Shot a guy who didn't believe, he never had a prayer
chorus:
C D G
If I get caught, I don't mind
C D G
I stole the money, nearly lost my mind
C D Em
I can't take back the things I did
C D G
You can play the game but you can't win
Verse Two:
G D C D G D C D
Me and my wife, Barbara Jean went on a spree in Nevada
G D C D
Man she could drive, she could go like the breeze
C D
She got us outta there
G D C D G D C D
Headed south to New Orleans, she couldn't live like an outlaw
G D C D C D
Said goodbye on a tropical beach, sun in her pretty hair
Chorus:
C D G
If I get caught, I don't mind
C D G
I stole the money, nearly lost my mind
C D Em
I can't take back the things I did
C D G
You can play the game but you can't win
Instrumental (like a verse)
Verse Three:
G D C D
Prisons are built with stones of law
G D C D
Brothels with bricks of religion
G D C D
I've been in both and I know that I saw
C D
God answer a sinner's prayers
G D C D G D C D
We played a game we couldn't win to the end to the utmost
G D C D
We took a chance, threw caution to the wind,
C D
We simply didn't care
Chorus:
C D G
If I get caught, I don't mind
C D G
I stole the money, nearly lost my mind
C D Em
I can't take back the things I did
C D G
You can play the game but you can't win
C D G
You can play the game but you can't win
