Tablature ballad of forty dollars - Waylon Jennings

          



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  ****************** THE BALLAD OF 40 DOLLARS *****************

  

  performed by Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash.

  

  

  

  Verse 1: (Waylon) 

  

    D                                                                    G 

   The man that preached the funeral said it really was a simple way to die

       A                                                      D 

   He laid down to rest one afternoon and never opened up his eyes

                                                                       G

   They hired me and Fred and Joe to dig the grave and carry up some chairs

       A                                                            D  

   It took us seven hours and i guess we must have drunk a case of beer

  

  

  Verse 2: (Johnny)

   

    D                                                                   G 

   I guess i ought to go and watch them put him down but i don't own a suit

    A                                                                 D

   And anyway when they start talkin' about the fire in hell i get spooked

                                                                                 G

   So let's just sit here in the truck and act like we don't know him when they pass

     A                                                                D

   Anyway,when they're all through we got to go to work and mow the grass

  

  

  Verse 3: (Waylon then Johnny)

  

    D                                                                G 

   Here they come and who's that riding in that big old shiney limousine

    A                                                                        D

   Look at all that chrome i do believe that that's the sharpest thing i've seen

                                                                       G

   That must belong to his rich uncle someone said he owned a big old farm

     A                                                                      D    

   When they get parked let's mosey down and look it over that won't do no harm

  

  

  Verse 4: (Waylon then Johnny) (A tone higher)

  

    E                                                               A  

   That must be the widow in the car and won't you take a look at that

     B                                                               E 

   That sure is a pretty dress you know some women do look good in black

                                                                     A

   He's not even in the ground and they tell me his truck is up for sale

     B                                                                    E 

   They say she took it pretty hard but you can't tell too much behind a veil

  

  

  Verse 5: (Waylon then Johnny) (A tone higher)

  

    E                                                       A

   Listen ain't that pretty when a bugler plays a military taps

       B                                                                    E

   I think when you were in the war they always hide and play a song like that

                                                                                  A

   Well here we are and there he goes and i guess that you might call it our bad luck

      B                                                                  E   

   I hope he rests in peace but the trouble is the fellow owes us forty bucks

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.

  Perret Charles-Amir : perret@math.univ-mlv.fr

                        http://soleil.univ-mlv.fr/~perret/country.html 


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 Ballad of forty dollars, de Waylon jennings 

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