ex-con chords by Larkin Poe

SimplifiedF · Bb · Eb · Ab · Gm

Capo: No capo

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Verse 1
F 
Bb 
 (F major)  (B flat major) Don't talk crooked, honey,
walk the straight and narrow
My mama tried to teach
F 
me the  (F major) rules
She said: "If Jesus himself keeps
his eye upon the sparrow
Bb 
Then surely he is watching you too"  (B flat major) 
Twenty- one years young,
I rolled to hell's half acre
F 
I really got to kicking up ground  (F major) 
I was a mover and a shaker,
a mean heartbreaker
Bb 
Now it's all coming back around  (B flat major) 

Verse 2
Eb 
Bb 
Tell ya it's  (E flat major) a hard  (B flat major) living
F 
 (F major) Broke down on the highway
Burned out in an ashtray
Eb 
Bb 
 (E flat major) Hard  (B flat major) living
F 
 (F major) Empty as a bottle
Right down to the bottom
Eb 
Bb 
F 
It's  (E flat major) a hard  (B flat major) liv (F major) ing
Ab 
Eb 
Bb 
Singing  (A flat major) hallelu (E flat major) jah,  (B flat major) may I introduce ya
Ab 
Eb 
To  (A flat major) ex-  con  (E flat major) little old me
Bb 
 (B flat major) 

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Verse 3
Bb 
 (B flat major) Tangled and torn,
I was trapped like a rabbit
Thought the only crime
F 
was getting caught  (F major) 
Now that I'm dressed in stripes,
me and all my bad habits
Bb 
We got the time to give it some thought  (B flat major) 
Living in the past has been
a full- time occupation
F 
I've got a thing for talking to ghosts  (F major) 
Never moving on can take
an awful lot of patience
Bb 
And I'm a girl who's had the most  (B flat major) 

Verse 4
Eb 
Bb 
Tell ya it's  (E flat major) a hard  (B flat major) living
F 
 (F major) Broke down on the highway
Burned out in an ashtray
Eb 
Bb 
 (E flat major) Hard  (B flat major) living
F 
 (F major) Empty as a bottle
Right down to the bottom
Eb 
Bb 
F 
It's  (E flat major) a hard  (B flat major) liv (F major) ing
Ab 
Eb 
Bb 
Singing  (A flat major) hallelu (E flat major) jah,  (B flat major) may I introduce ya
Ab 
Eb 
Bb 
To  (A flat major) ex-  con  (E flat major) little old  (B flat major) me
Ab 
Eb 
Bb 
Singing  (A flat major) hallelu (E flat major) jah,  (B flat major) may I introduce ya
Ab 
Eb 
To  (A flat major) ex-  con  (E flat major) little old me
Bb 
 (B flat major) 

Verse 5
F 
 (F major) Armed robbery and a high- speed chase
Gm 
The  (G minor) late night TV news anchor
Eb 
 (E flat major) s loved my face
F 
 (F major) I served my time but now
the time has come
Gm 
For  (G minor) me   to get back in my
Eb 
 (E flat major) mama's good grace
F 
 (F major) 

Verse 6

It's a hard living

Verse 7
Eb 
Bb 
F 
Tell ya it's  (E flat major) a hard  (B flat major) liv (F major) ing
Eb 
Bb 
F 
Tell ya it's a  (E flat major) hard  (B flat major) liv (F major) ing
Eb 
Bb 
Tell ya it's  (E flat major) a hard  (B flat major) living
F 
 (F major) Broke down on the highway
Burned out in an ashtray
Eb 
Bb 
 (E flat major) Hard  (B flat major) living
F 
 (F major) Empty as a bottle
Right down to the bottom
Eb 
Bb 
F 
It's  (E flat major) a hard  (B flat major) liv (F major) ing
Ab 
Eb 
Bb 
Singing  (A flat major) hallelu (E flat major) jah,  (B flat major) may I introduce ya
Ab 
Eb 
Bb 
To  (A flat major) ex-  con  (E flat major) little old  (B flat major) me
Ab 
Eb 
Bb 
Singing  (A flat major) hallelu (E flat major) jah,  (B flat major) may I introduce ya
Ab 
Eb 
To  (A flat major) ex-  con  (E flat major) little old me