Ballad Of Forty Dollars
Ballad Of Forty Dollars

Ballad Of Forty Dollars easy guitar chords by Jerry Lee Lewis

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    • Verse 1
    Whoa, 
    I'm telling 
    you, 

    let me 
    see if 
    I can do this 
    one here 

    It's 
    a fine 
    tune 
    writ
    ten by Tom 
    T. 
    Hall 

    Verse 2

    Hey, 
    the man 
    who preached 
    at the funeral, 

    said 
    it 
    really was 
    a simple 
    way 
    to die 

    He 
    laid down 
    one afternoon, 

    never even 
    opened 
    up his 
    eyes 

    They 
    hired me 
    and Fred 
    and Joe 
    to dig 

    the grave 
    and carry 
    up 
    some 
    chairs 

    It took 
    us seven 
    hours, 
    I, 

    I 
    guess we must 
    have drunk 
    a case 
    of beer 

    Verse 3
    I guess 
    I ought 
    to go 
    and watch 
    them put 
    him in 
    the ground, 

    but 
    I don't own 
    no suit 

    And 
    anyway 
    when they 
    start talking 
    about 
    that 
    old fire 
    in hell, 

    Jerry 
    gets 
    spooked 

    So, I'll 
    just sit 
    here in 
    my truck, 

    act 
    like I 
    don't know 
    him when 
    they pass 

    Anyway, 
    when they're 
    all through 
    I've 
    got 

    to go 
    to work 
    and now the grass 

    Verse 4
    Well, here 
    they come 
    and who's 
    that riding 

    in 
    that big 
    old shiny 
    limousine 

    Look 
    at all 
    that chrome, 

    I 
    do believe 
    that's 
    the sharpest 
    thing I've 
    seen 

    Verse 5
    That must 
    belong 
    to his 
    great uncle, 

    somebody 
    said 
    he owned 
    a big 
    old farm 

    When they 
    get parked 
    I'll mosey 
    down 
    and look 
    it over, 

    that 
    won't do 
    no harm 

    Verse 6
    Well that 
    must be 
    the widow 
    in 
    the car, 

    would 
    you 
    take a look 
    at that 

    Mine 
    that's 
    a mighty 
    pretty dress, 

    you know 
    some 
    women 
    sure 
    look good 
    in black 

    Well, 
    he 
    ain't 
    even in the 
    ground, 

    and they tell 
    me that 
    his truck 
    is up 
    for sale 

    They say 
    she took 
    it pretty 
    hard, 

    but you 
    can't tell 
    too much 
    behind 
    the veil 

    Verse 7
    Well, listen 
    ain't 
    that pretty 
    when 
    the bugler 
    plays 

    the military 
    taps 

    I think 
    that when 
    you're in 
    the war 

    they always 
    had 
    to play 
    a song 
    like 
    that 

    Well 
    here 
    I am 
    and I, 

    I guess 
    you'd just call 
    Jerry 
    Lewis 
    bad 
    luck 

    But 
    I hope 
    he rests 
    in peace, 

    the trouble 
    is 
    the fellow 
    owes 
    me forty 
    bucks 

    Outro 1


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