Jimmy Buffett

The Great Filling Station Holdup

Jimmy Buffett


Tom: D

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[Verse]
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I pulled into the regular pump
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I was feelin' quite at ease
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I rolled down my window and told the man, "Fifty cents worth please"
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Then out jumped my partner with his trusty pellet gun
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He said, "Boy, this is a holdup, keep 'a pumpin' and don't run"

[Chorus]
          G            A                   D
And now I wish I was somewhere other than here
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Down in some honky tonk, sippin' on a beer
     G            A                   D
Yes I wish I was somewhere other than here
            G                     D
Cause that great fillin' station holdup
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Cost me two good years

[Verse]
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We got fifteen dollars and a can of STP
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A big ole jar of cashew nuts and a Japanese TV
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Feelin' we had pulled the biggest heist of our career
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We're wanted men, we'll strike again
A                      D
But first let's have a beer

[Chorus]
          G            A                   D
And now I wish I was somewhere other than here
G            A           E           A
Down in some honky tonk, sippin' on a beer
    G            A                   D
Yes I wish I was somewhere other than here
           G                     D
Cause that great fillin' station holdup
 A               D
Cost me two good years

[Verse]
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We were sittin in the Crystal, bout as drunk as we could be
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In walks a deputy sheriff and he's holdin our TV
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He roughed us and he cuffed us and he tooks us off to jail
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No picture on a poster, no reward and no bail

[Chorus]
        G            A                   D
And now I wish I was somewhere other than here
 G            A           E           A
Down in some honky tonk, sippin' on a beer
     G            A                   D
Yes I wish I was somewhere other than here
          G                     D
Cause that great fillin' station holdup
A               D
Cost me two good years

[outro]
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Cause that great fillin' station holdup
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Cost me two good years