Drugstore Cowboy chords by Justin Warfield

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Verse 1
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 (E major)  (D major)  (C sharp major)  (E minor)  (E major)  (D major)  (C sharp major) I'm a
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 (E minor) drugstore  (E major) cowboy out  (D major) of the town
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 (C sharp major) Taking  (E major) you for your  (E minor) drugs
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and we're  (D major) beating you down
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 (C major) Rob (E minor) bing pharma (E major) cies and
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we're looking for the  (C sharp major) acid
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You  (E minor) gotta tap acid if  (D major) not you get your as (C major) s
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Well I'm the  (E minor) drugstore cowboy com (D major) ing with the  (C major) sack I
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got a  (E major) sheet up the blotter and the  (D major) booms in the  (C sharp major) back
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Creep (E major) ing around the corner
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we be  (D major) casing the joint
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 (C sharp major) In  the  (E major) late model caddy  (D major) rolling on  (C sharp major) point
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Puttin'  (E minor) it on the  (E major) tongue
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and everything  (D major) is purple  (C sharp major) haze
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And  (E major) countin' up the tabs
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in the  (D major) back in a  (C sharp major) daze
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Lucy  (E minor) in the  (E major) sky with the
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 (D major) diamonds and the  (C sharp major) jewels
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And the  (E major) quaalude rhythms through your
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 (D major) spine and it's  (C sharp major) cool
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Tingles  (E minor) in your spine like the
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 (D major) bubbles from the  (E minor) fish
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Like the  (E major) shakes and the  (E minor) wiggles
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when you're  (D major) finished with the  (E minor) fist
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Fallin' in a web lock,  (D major) listenin' to
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 (E minor) Dead
Rock
The hate street,
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nearly got you  (C sharp major) yoked up in the  (E major) headlock
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The  (E minor) good shit,  (E major) maybe, so  (D major) just relax
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 (C sharp major) Feel it  (E major) runnin' through your mind
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so you're  (D major) trippin' on the  (C sharp major) max
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You'll be  (E major) singin' when no pain's
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ele (D major) phants on  (C sharp major) parade
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Pills  (E major) dancing on the table
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next to  (D major) colored sheets of
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 (C sharp major) A,  the  (C major) acid
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 (E minor) My  fa (E major) vorite pastime,
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it's a job and a habit by the way past  (C sharp major) mine
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To the  (E minor) left, man,
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I'm  (E major) coming up quick  (D major) and I'm  (C sharp major) peeking
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Trip (E minor) ping on the  (E major) blue lights and
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 (D major) the paisley  (C sharp major) shades
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On the  (E major) left, so the room starts
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 (D major) looking like a  (C sharp major) clamshell
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Deep  (E major) beneath the sea and I
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 (D major) know you're digging  (C sharp major) tan
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Well,  (E minor) I be catching  (E major) trails with my
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 (D major) hands in  (C sharp major) the motion
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I'm  (E major) the big fish in this  (C sharp major) goddamn ocean
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A  (E major) girl by my  (E minor) side said she
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 (D major) wants to play the  (E minor) guy
Telling me everything's cool,
just enjoy the ride
I'm feelin' kinda nice but it's
a quarter to three
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 (E minor) So  now me and my crew has
gotta rob a pharmacy
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Drugstore  (E major) cowboy out  (D major) of the town
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 (C sharp major) Take  (E major) a  bunch of  (E minor) drugs
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till we  (D major) beatin' down
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 (C sharp major) Rob (E minor) bin' pharma (E major) cies and
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we're  (D major) lookin' for the  (C sharp major) acid
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You  (E major) gotta tap pass it or  (D major) not
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you'll get your  (E minor) ass kicked
The waits in the car with three
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 (D major) deep in the  (E minor) store
You spray the camera and
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 (C sharp major) I'll hit the draw (E minor) ers
You cuss at diversion and
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 (D major) fall on the floor
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 (E minor) At  the game I'll hop the counter
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and I'll  (D major) head for the score
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 (E minor) With the precision of a surgeon
I pick the locks
Empty all of the prescriptions
out of every box
Wait to the pharmacist cause
I'ma play the nice guy
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 (E major) Knowing that the contents
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of my  (E minor) pockets is tonight's high
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I  (E major) didn't bring a gap because we
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 (D major) got the shit  (C sharp major) down
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The  (E major) same routine,
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nothing's  (D major) different but the  (C sharp major) town
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Out  (E minor) the back  (E major) door with my
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 (D major) trusty crow (C sharp major) bar
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Holler  (E major) at my  (E minor) crew and then we
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 (C sharp major) jump in the  (E minor) go -kart
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Then the car  (E major) screeches,
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 (D major) we're off in the  (C sharp major) streets
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Gots to  (E major) get home so we can
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 (D major) go through the  (C sharp major) treats
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Spread  (E major) em on the table
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by  (D major) color and  (C sharp major) size
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Indul (E minor) ging in the goodies
right before our eyes
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A  (E major) couple of mandrakes
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and a  (D major) volume of two
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 (C sharp major) Oh  shit,  (E minor) a whole  (E major) bottle of the  (D major) lemons
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Oo (C sharp major) h,   (E major) everybody's happy
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at  (D major) today's first take
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 (C sharp major) So  we  (E major) order up some  (E minor) food
and take a little break
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Nod  (E major) off and then awake with
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the  (D major) feast before  (C sharp major) me
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Eat (E major) in'
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Chinese, would you  (D major) pass me some  (C sharp major) more
G?
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 (E minor) Fin ish up the meal and I
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 (D major) drink a club  (C sharp major) soda
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Soft  (E minor) cracks, a  (E major) small belly,  (E minor) sparks a little
Buddha
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Watch  (E major) a little
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TV, throw  (D major) on
Taxi
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 (C sharp major) Driver
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Mop  (E minor) a couple of  (E major) lemons,
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now it's time to re (C sharp major) tire
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Sleep  (E minor) for two  (E major) hours,
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then we  (D major) gather the crew
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 (C sharp major) Because it's  (E minor) 6   .45 and
there's robbing to do
Cause I'm a truck snow cowboy
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out  (D major) in the town
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 (C sharp major) Take  (E major) your blinky  (E minor) truck so we
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 (D major) beatin' you  (C major) down
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Rob (E minor) bin' pharma (E major) cies and we
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 (D major) lookin' for the  (C sharp major) acid
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You  (E major) gotta tap  (E minor) acid or  (D major) not you'll get your
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ass kicked  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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Leave the car runnin' and  (D major) wait outside
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 (C sharp major) It's a  (E minor) one man  (E major) job so the
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 (C sharp major) crew's on the ride
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Up  (E minor) in the fire escaping,
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 (D major) creepin' through the  (C sharp major) window
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I  (E minor) broke into the cabinet,
pharmaceutical in dough
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And some other  (E major) crazy shit,
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 (D major) I  couldn't  (C sharp major) fade
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So I  (E minor) filled my backpack  (E major) but
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threw the other shits  (C sharp major) away
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Man,  (E minor) I'm not  (E major) a junkie, just  (D major) a  cool  (C sharp major) beatnik
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A  (E major) drugstore cowboy look
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in' for a  (C sharp major) glue fix
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 (E minor) I   felt  (E major) brave so I  (D major) roamed
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through the  (C sharp major) hospital
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 (E minor) Feelin' like the  (E major) nigga and I'm
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 (D major) rollin' with a  (C sharp major) lot of pull
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 (E major) Instead I dipped into a  (D major) room I
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thought was  (C sharp major) heaven
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Crazy  (E minor) thick jars and the
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 (D major) glass filled with  (E minor) lemons
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It must've been the  (E major) psychological
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ward  (D major) cause there was  (C sharp major) acid
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Sheet (E minor) s,  pills, and liquid,
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and so I kicked the  (C sharp major) glass in
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 (E minor) Alarm  (E major) sounded,
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the  (D major) guards came  (C major) running
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It's  (E minor) a good thing that I  (D major) didn't pack a
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 (C sharp major) gun because I  (E minor) swung on two
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They fell,  (D major) but there was  (E minor) more
They pulled their guns and then they
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 (D major) threw me on the  (E minor) floor
I thought it was over,
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I  (D major) thought it was through
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 (E minor) But in came the  (E major) girls,
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fully  (D major) strapped and gettin'  (C sharp major) rude
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One  (E minor) grabbed a nurse,
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put a  (D major) gauge to the  (C sharp major) booty
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I  (E minor) grabbed the drugs and then I
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 (D major) jetted with the  (C sharp major) cuties
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Was  (E minor) always in the car, had it  (D major) runnin',
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bumpin'  (C sharp major) a blunt
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Girls  (E minor) in the backseat,
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 (D major) fellas in the  (C sharp major) front
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Cappin'  (E minor) off into the air,
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just to give a little  (E minor) scare
The rent -a -cuffs were scared stiff,
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I  (D major) knew they wouldn't  (C sharp major) dare
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Ped (E minor) al  to the floor,
we was on our way
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 (E minor) I   could smell a pharmacy,
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so hurry  (D major) up with no delay
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 (C sharp major) It's  (E minor) only eight o 'clock
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and the  (D major) crew was down
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 (E minor) So we drove down the
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highway to  (D major) the next  (C major) town
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Cause I'm a  (E minor) truck stop cowboy,
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 (D major) out of the town
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 (C sharp major) Take  (E minor) your breakage bucks,
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so we  (D major) beatin' it down
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Rob (E minor) bin' pharmacies,
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and we're  (D major) lookin' for the  (C sharp major) acid
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You  (E minor) gotta tap acid,
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if  (D major) not you get your ass kicked
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Cause I'm a  (E minor) truck stop cowboy,
out of the town
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Take  (E minor) your brickage front
so we beat it down
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We're  (E minor) robbing pharmacies
and we're looking for the acid
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You  (E minor) gotta tap acid or not you'll get your
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 (E minor) ass kicked