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Day Late & A Dollar Short chords by
Billy Barton
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Key: E major
Verse 1
D
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["Daylaid

Short"]
G
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Well, I'm a daylaid the dollar short, daylaid the dollar short,
D
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daylaid the dollar short, and I got no time at all.

Well, I hitchhiked for three thousand

miles to see the one I love so dear.

They said she married yesterday,

and a rich man married her.
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Well, I'm a tail late to dollar short, tail late to dollar short,

tail late to dollar short...
D
D

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And I got no time at all.

Well, they told me I should go out

west, out to a booming town,

But when I finally got there, well,

the boom had just died down.
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Well, I'm a tail late to dollar short,
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tail late to dollar short, tail late to dollar short...
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I ain't got no time at all.

But then the fortune hit me,

I was caught up on a quiz.

I answered every question.

Man, I was a whiz.

But when they went to pay me,

a man dressed up so fine,

he said, wait a minute, buddy,

you forgot to give me mine.

I said, crazy, what a joker.

Now tell me, who are you?

He said, I'm from the

Department of

Internal

Revenue.

Ah, but he was a generous man.

He didn't go too far.

He let me keep enough to
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buy myself an old guitar.

So then I went to playin' and singin' country style. I really did all right,

or at least for a while.

But then the trend changed,

and rock and roll moved in.
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Now I'm a daylady down the shore,
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and buddy, I'm out again.
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And, well, I'm a daily pedometer short, daily pedometer short,
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daily pedometer short, and I got no time at all.

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Chords
  • D

  • G

  • A

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Day Late & A Dollar Short by Billy Barton is E major.

The primary chords used in Day Late & A Dollar Short are E, A, B.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like E, A, B, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Day Late & A Dollar Short is approximately 60 beats per minute.

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