Four Ol’ Brokes chords by
Joe Ely
Joe Ely

N/A
Key: E minor
Verse 1
Fm
Fm

Four ol' Brokes, One Fool Joker, waitin'
for the light to change
On an eastbound freight outa San Berdu
waitin' waiting on the Santa Fe
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Bbm

The Joker pulled a deck of playing
cards the hobos gathered around
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Fm

He deals a hand of 5 card stud as
Db
Db

Fm
Fm

they lay their money down
Verse 2
Db
Db

C
C

Four ol' Brokes, One Fool Joker as they lay
Fm
Fm

their money down
Verse 3
Fm
Fm

Well the highball rolled to the tune of the wind
and the clatter of the black iron rails
Before they reached ol' Flagstaff
town the broks were lookin' pale
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Bbm

The Brokes told the Joker this is where I jump
as he packed his cards away
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Fm

But the hobo said, wait a minute son,
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Db

C
C

Fm
Fm

there's one more game to play
Verse 4
Db
Db

Four ol' Brokes, One Fool Joker there's
C
C

Fm
Fm

one more game to play
Verse 5
Fm
Fm

Well the whistle did blow as Willie the
Rat pulled two new two dollar bills
I'll bet an even 4 to one
that I can win the till
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Bbm

What's the bet said the Joker in a sweat as
Willie the Rat smiled strange
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Fm

I bet four ol' brokes can whip a Joker's
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C
C

Fm
Fm

ass and still leave a little change
Verse 6
Db
Db

I bet four ol' brokes can whip a Joker's ass and
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C

Fm
Fm

still leave a pile of change
Verse 7
Fm
Fm

Well the Joker flew out of that boxcar door, his
cape was a billowing sail
The Four ol' Brokes were holdin' their sides,
watchin' him cut a trail
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Bbm

The freight pulled out in the Arizona sun,
the rails went clippity clump
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Fm

The Brokes still laughing and sitin'
C
C

Db
Db

C
C

Fm
Fm

easy on the Jokers silver trunk
Db
Db

Four ol' Brokes, One Fool Joker on his
Verse 8
C
C

aban
Fm
Fm

doned silver trunk
Interlude 1
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Fm

Bbm
Bbm

Fm
Fm

Db
Db

C
C

Fm
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Verse 9
Ab
Ab

This story ain't got no moral, this
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Fm

story ain't got no punch
If you make your livin' as a wheeler- dealer
don't rob a poor man's lunch
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Bbm

Sooner or later as the circle connects
you'll be lookin' in the mirror someday
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Fm

The bats in the sky to you they'll fly
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Db

Fm
Fm

and follow you to their grave
Verse 10
Db
Db

Four ol' Brokes and One Fool Joker
C
C

Fm
Fm

they followed him to his grave

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsFm Bbm Db C Ab

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