Amphetamine Annie chords by
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Verse 1

This is a song with a message

I want you to heed my warning

Verse 2

I wanna tell you all a story

About this chick I know

They call her "Amphetamine Annie"

She's always shoveling snow

Verse 3
C C 
 
I sat her down and told her
I told her crystal clear
G G 
 
"I don't mind you getting high
But there's one thing you
C C 
 
should fear"

Verse 4
D D 
 
G G 
 
"Your mind might think its flying, baby
C C 
 
G G 
 
On those little pills
But you ought to know it's dying,
C C 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
'cause
Speed kills"

Verse 5

But Annie kept on speeding

Her health was getting poor

She saw things in the window

She heard things at the door

Verse 6
C C 
 
Her mind was like a grinding mill
Her lips were cracked and sore
G G 
 
Her skin was turning yellow
C C 
 
I just couldn't take it no more
G G 
 
She

Verse 7

thought her mind was flying

On those little pills

She didn't it was going down fast,

'cause

Interlude 1
Speed kills
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Bb Bb 
 
D D

Verse 8
G G 
 
Well I sat her down and told her
I told her one more time
"The whole wide human race has taken
Bb Bb 
 
Far too much methedrine"
G G 
 
She said

Verse 9
C C 
 
I  don't care
what a Limey says
I've got to get it on
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
I'm not here to just see no man
Who come from across the pond
C C 
 
She

Verse 10
D D 
 
wouldn't heed my warning
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
Lord, she wouldn't hear
D D 
 
C C 
 
what I said
G G 
 
Now she's in the graveyard,
C C 
 
D D 
 
and she's

Outro 1

Awfully dead

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsG D C Bb

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