Tom: Bm
D C G G
[Verse 1]
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I've never been too good to pick up a penny and lately I've been short of too damn many
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Wife up and left, and baby in my ride, dog's at my feet beggin' for a bite
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Empty pockets make sinners out of bona fide saints, swore to my daddy never tarnish his name
[Break]
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[Verse 2]
Bm G
Droughts have been long and the floods have been fierce
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Ain't made a profit on the farm in near a dozen years
Bm G
There's money all around eight thousand feet down
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Be a few more months 'fore the drill can break ground
[Verse 3]
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So far behind every loan is dеnied and the bank has a mind to kick us out of herе
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I'd see this whole world ground down to sand if I ever see the day that a suit takes my land
[Chorus]
G D
I've got a pistol and some TNT
A D
There's an armoured truck on Tuesday carries what I need
G Em
I'm not proud of this cliff I'm jumpin'
F# Bm
But I've gotta make it through 'til the gas starts pumpin'
[Break]
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[Verse 4]
Bm G
I'll take it on the road where no one will see
A F# Bm
I know the mountains better than a warrior Cherokee
Bm G
I grew up with Tommy and he did right by me
A F# Bm
I'll take the cash he's guardin' and buy whatever I need
[Chorus]
G D
I've got a pistol and some TNT
A D
There's an armoured truck on Tuesday carries what I need
G Em
I'm not proud of this cliff I'm jumpin'
F# Bm
But I've gotta make it through 'til the gas starts pumpin'
[Break]
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[Bridge]
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I hope daddy's not lookin' down as I wait here for that truck
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And if he is I pray to God he sends a little luck
[Break]
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[Verse 5]
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I've never been too good to pick up a penny and lately I've been swimmin' in so damn many
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Every cheque I receive comes at a high price
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Sometimes I visit Tommy's grave at night
F
And the well'll yield high for many years
G D
And damn my reckonin' surely nears
