Broken Hearted People (take Me to a Barroom) chords by Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell

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Verse 1
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Now broken hearted people
always seem to drink
And trying to drown those sorrows
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ain't as easy as you think
But living with a liar
is a hard old way to go
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Laughin' just to keep from cryin'
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Ain't no way to grow old
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So take me to a ballroom driver
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Set me on a stool
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If I  can't be her man,
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I'm damned if I'll be her fool
They say that whiskey ain't the best way
But then I ain't too smart
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What a thing I just found out
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That she was lying from the start
So it's nothing but a bad joke
Looking for a laugh
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Hold on to your lampshade darling
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Cause I'm looking for a hat
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And take me to a barroom driver
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Set me on a  suit
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If I  can't be her man I'm damned If I
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did
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So get this taxi movin',
cause I got no time to lose
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There ain't no  time to be choosin'
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You know that any old boy will lose
Cause I'm lookin' to get silly,
I'm lookin' to get loose
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And if that don't get it done,
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darlin', I'll come lookin' for you
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So take me to a barroom driver,
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set me on a stool
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If I  can't be a man,
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I'm down, if I'll be
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I said you take me to a barroom driver,
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set me on a stool
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If I  can't be a man,
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I'm down, if I'll be
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If I can't be her when I'm dead,
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if I'll be her soon
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Thank you. Hey. Hey, John,
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what if her old poor Roseanne back home
not having as much fun as we are?
She ain't having near
as much fun as we are.
It's all your fault.
What's one of her songs?
Oh, let's see. Hold on. Too many chords.
We could call her up and get
her phone in one day.
Rose wrote all these songs
when she was mad at me, and I'm better now,
and she ain't as mad at me,
so she ain't writing songs right now.
I keep saying, uh -huh,
you want me to go out and
make a fool of myself
so you can write a song.
I'm going to make her sweat.
I'm gonna be real good