For Gangsters Of The Highway chords by C.R. Avery

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Verse 1
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Some say that poetry
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is the lowest paid profession
Others say, who the hell cares?
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They need the groove for ten dollars
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As they lug the bass amp up
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three flights of stairs
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To  play through an iffy sound system
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Just to inspire some drunks
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at the local watering hole
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But there ain't no money
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There ain't no money
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There ain't no money in rock and roll
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Put up your tour dates
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on your webpage
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Gas money relies on selling CDs
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from off of the stage
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They threw us up at 7 .30
to a half -empty house,
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but the band still swept
bullets regardless,
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and lost all control
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Even though there ain't no money,
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there ain't no money,
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there ain't no money in rock and
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roll.
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It's gonna happen fast
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You're not gonna catch all the words,
cause the beautiful background knows
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But believe you me, Beethoven is woven
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in this simple three -quarter to joy
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We're just a couple kids
shooting hoops beneath the moon
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There ain't no Nike endorsement,
baby,
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for this game when it comes
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Oh, there just ain't no money
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No, there ain't no money
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There ain't no money in rock and roll
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No, there ain't no money
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There ain't no money
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There ain't no money
In rock and roll
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