Key: C major
Verse 1
when the well runs dry
You sure miss the things
that you can't afford to buy
E
B
I gotta go to work to make some bread
So the little kids won't
go hungry to bed
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B
Cause the spring has sprung,
B
E
B
F#
Winter is here and it's cold
E
B
Goodwill people trying to find me a job
But it seems like I'm just
E
B
one of them mob
E
B
The shoes the kids wore on their feet
They done wore them out on the cold,
cold street
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B
E
Cause spring has sprung, fall has fell
B
F#
B
Winter's here and it's cold as usual
I brought home a chicken
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B
and they picked him clean
Cause it's the first chicken
E
B
they ever seen
The insurance salesman
E
B
don't know why
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B
When I say, man, I can't af ford to die
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B
Yup, spring has sprung, fall has fell,
F#
B
winter is here and it's cold as usual.
All the bill collectors buggin' me,
E
B
don't know I'm almost down to, well let's see.
When I die and they put me
E
B
in the ground
They'll have to put on my stone,
the poorest man in town
E
B
Yeah, spring has sprung,
B
F#
Winter's here and it's cold as usual
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ChordsB E F#
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