Broke Even chords by James Carothers

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I've  (E minor) seen the sunset
on the banks of the Mississippi
I was picking guitar
when I was heading out of Memphis
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 (G major) Head (E minor) ing out on 61 in a
gamble what I made
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I  (G major)  (E minor) broke even  (E major) but
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the  (E minor) devil still got paid
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I  (A major) broke  (G major) even but the  (E minor) dev il still got paid
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 (A major) He gave me cred (G major) it for
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all  (E minor) the hell I raised
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 (A major) I'm a long  (G major) way from grace  (E minor) 
and being saved
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 (A major) I'd go thievin'  (G major) but the  (E minor) devil
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still  (D major)  (A major)  (G major) got  (E minor) me   (G major)  (E minor) 
I breathed the smoke
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on the hills of Carolina  (G major) 
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 (E minor) Took the daughter of an old
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Kentucky man  (G major) 
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 (E minor) Found her cheatin' in the home
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that we had made  (G major) 
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 (E minor) I   broke even but the devil still got paid
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 (A major) I broke  (G major) even but the  (E minor) devil still got paid
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 (A major) He gave me cred (G major) it for
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 (E minor) all the hell I raised
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 (E major) I'm  (A major) a  (G major) long way from
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grace  (E minor) and being saved
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I'm  (A major) all  (G major) beaten but the  (E minor) devil's  (A major) still  (G major) got  (A major) me
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 (A major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor) 
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 (G major) Sometimes the  (D major) bad outweigh
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 (A major) s the good ol' days  (E minor) 
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I'm  (G major) still paying in (D major) terest
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on the deal  (A major) that we made
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 (E minor) An (G major) d  I'll contin (D major) ue till this
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debt  (A major) is squared away  (E minor) 
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I  (G major) broke  (D major) even  (A major) 
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I  (G major)  (A major) broke  (G major) even but the  (E minor) dev il still got me
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He  (A major) gave me cred (G major) it for
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all  (E minor) the bill I raised
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Well,  (A major) I'm a long,  (G major) way  (E minor) from being saved
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I  (A major) broke  (G major) even,
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but the  (E minor) devil still  (A major)  (G major) got  (E minor) paid
Still got paid
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Yeah  (G major)  (E minor) 
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