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Larkin Poe
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Verse 1
D
G

Don't talk crooked, honey,

walk the straight and narrow

My mama tried to teach
D

me the rules

She said: "If Jesus himself keeps

his eye upon the sparrow
G

Then surely he is watching you too"

Twenty- one years young,

I rolled to hell's half acre
D

I really got to kicking up ground

I was a mover and a shaker,

a mean heartbreaker
G

Now it's all coming back around
Verse 2
C
G

Tell ya it's a hard living
D

Broke down on the highway

Burned out in an ashtray
C
G

Hard living
D

Empty as a bottle

Right down to the bottom
C
G
D

It's a hard living
F
C
G

Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya
F
C

To ex- con little old me
G

Verse 3
G

Tangled and torn,

I was trapped like a rabbit

Thought the only crime
D

was getting caught

Now that I'm dressed in stripes,

me and all my bad habits
G

We got the time to give it some thought

Living in the past has been

a full- time occupation
D

I've got a thing for talking to ghosts

Never moving on can take

an awful lot of patience
G

And I'm a girl who's had the most
Verse 4
C
G

Tell ya it's a hard living
D

Broke down on the highway

Burned out in an ashtray
C
G

Hard living
D

Empty as a bottle

Right down to the bottom
C
G
D

It's a hard living
F
C
G

Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya
F
C
G

To ex- con little old me
F
C
G

Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya
F
C

To ex- con little old me
G

Verse 5
D

Armed robbery and a high- speed chase
Em

The late night TV news anchor
C

s loved my face
D

I served my time but now

the time has come
Em

For me to get back in my
C

mama's good grace
D
Verse 6

C
G

It's a hard living
C
G

It's a hard living
Verse 7
C
G
D

Tell ya it's a hard living
C
G
D

Tell ya it's a hard living
C
G

Tell ya it's a hard living
D

Broke down on the highway

Burned out in an ashtray
C
G

Hard living
D

Empty as a bottle

Right down to the bottom
C
G
D

It's a hard living
F
C
G

Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya
F
C
G

To ex- con little old me
F
C
G

Singing hallelujah, may I introduce ya
F
C

To ex- con little old me
Outro 1
G
G
G
D

G

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  • Em

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