Better Off Broke chords by Danny Schmidt

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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by my lonesome and by myself
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Ain't no soul left this boy can sell
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Cause there ain't no reason
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to make no rhymes
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Oh child, you're right on time

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Verse 2

Oh child, the things I could tell

The things I could tell you,

but you already know

Those rhymes ain't cards

you play like poker

They're jokers so hold 'em til the fools

all fold

Interlude 1

So the child

Verse 3
came over
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or the child came out
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Speakin' in a whisper what
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a man might shout
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About dreams and devils
and dollars and dimes
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Oh child, you're right on time

Verse 4
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Oh  child, the things I could tell you
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The things I could tell you,
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but you already know
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Keep drawin' them dreams
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in the dirt with your finger
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Cause singin's about bringin' that mud some
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soul

Interlude 2

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So we sing

Verse 5
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all night and we
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talk all day
And we sleep while the farmer
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s of the world make hay
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And throw pennies in the well,
and we pull back wine
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Oh child, you're right on time

Verse 6
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Oh child, the things I could tell you
The things I could tell you,
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but you already know
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Water to wine and wine to wishes
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And wishes to something you can drink
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down cold

Interlude 3

Verse 7
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Why now, why all now?
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Hope's just something
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we need somehow
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Why now, why all now?
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Tomorrow ain't going away

Interlude 4

Verse 8
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Golden- tongued child and
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a fireside night
Spittin' songs in the kettle
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with the heat up high
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When the blood's to a boil
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then the soup's sub lime
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Oh child, you're right on time

Verse 9
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Oh child, the things I could tell you
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The things I could tell you,
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but you already know
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You're better off broke with soup
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in your belly
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Than sittin' there hungry round a pot of
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gold