I might break even
I might break even

I might break even easy guitar chords by Lee Hazlewood

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  • Verse 1
    Elf 

    Dilly 
    has 
    three 
    -legged 

    chicken 
    named 

    Maxine. 

    Now, 

    Elf 
    ain't 
    particularly 
    proud 
    of 

    Maxine. 

    To 
    tell you 
    the truth, 

    he's 
    just 
    a little 
    bit 
    ashamed. 

    You 
    can't 
    exactly 
    blame 
    him, 
    though, 

    because I 
    doubt 
    you'll 
    find a 
    grown 
    man 
    anywhere 

    that 
    en
    joys 
    walking 
    down 
    the 
    street 
    with a 

    three 
    -legged 
    chicken 
    clucking 
    after 
    him. 

    Most 
    of us 
    thought 
    that 

    Elf 

    Dilley 
    would 
    be a 
    millionaire 

    before 
    he was 
    40, 

    but 
    he's 
    had a 
    streak of 
    bad 

    luck 
    that'd 
    sink 
    boat. 

    First 
    of 
    all, 

    Elf 
    had 
    this 
    cow 
    that 
    wandered 
    in 
    his house 

    one 
    afternoon 
    while 
    he was 
    gone 

    and 
    ate 
    up 
    35 
    pounds 
    of 
    mothballs 

    and 
    fell 
    over 
    in a 
    dead 
    faint. 

    Well, 
    she knocked 
    over 
    kerosene 
    lamp 
    an
    she 

    set the 
    house 
    on 
    fire and 
    burned 
    it to 
    the ground 

    and 
    then it 
    rained 
    and 
    washed 

    all 
    the ashes 
    away 
    so 

    Elf 
    got 
    home 
    and he 

    thought somebody 
    stole 
    his house. 

    Well 

    Elf 
    went 
    running 
    over 
    to 
    tell 
    the sher
    iff 

    and 
    he 
    cut 
    through 

    Winnie 

    Duncan's 
    backyard. 

    Now 

    Winnie 
    is back 
    there 
    sawing 

    on this 
    big 
    oak 
    tree 
    and 
    it fell 
    and hit 

    Elf 
    right 
    on the 
    head 
    and 
    broke 
    both 
    his 

    feet. 

    Well 

    Winnie 
    felt 
    so 
    bad 
    about it 
    that he 
    gave 

    Elf 
    an old 
    set 
    in and 
    two 

    dozen 
    eggs. 

    And 
    the nex
    t week 

    Elf's 
    hogs 
    broke 
    into 
    his 

    still 
    and 
    after 
    couple 

    hours 
    of 
    drinking, 
    well, 

    they 
    got 
    pretty 
    mean 
    and 
    tore 
    down 
    his fence 
    and run 
    the 

    old 
    setting 
    hen 
    off. 

    And 
    the eggs 
    got 
    cold 
    and 
    only 

    one 
    of them 
    hatched 
    and 

    that was 

    Max
    ine 
    and she 
    had 
    three 
    legs. 

    Of 
    course now 
    we're 
    all 
    kind 
    of doubt
    ful 

    that 

    Elf 

    Dilly 
    will 
    be 
    a millionaire 

    by 
    the he's 
    40. 

    We're 
    all 
    just kind 
    of hoping 

    that 
    he'll 
    break even 
    this 
    year. 

    My 
    old 
    barn's 
    about 
    to 
    cave 
    in 

    It'll 
    fall 
    right 
    on 
    the 
    house 
    I'm 
    in 

    My 
    barrel 
    insurance 
    is 
    overdue 
    again 

    Still 
    might 
    break 
    even 
    this 
    year 

    Well, 
    got 
    me 
    a job, 
    and 
    had 
    it 
    made 
    worked 
    three 
    weeks, 

    but 
    I didn't 
    get 
    paid 

    Somebody 
    stole 
    my 
    only 
    chicken 
    that 
    laid 

    Still, 
    might 
    break 
    even 
    this 

    year 



    Well, 
    tax 
    man 
    say 
    he 
    don't 

    mean 
    me 
    no 
    harm 

    But 
    if I 
    don't 
    pay, 

    they're 
    gonna 
    take 
    my 

    farm 

    If 
    they 
    do 
    that, 
    just 
    as 
    sure 
    as 
    you're 
    born 

    might 
    break 
    even 
    this 
    year 


    Republican 
    votes 
    fifty 
    cents 
    in 
    wink 


    Democrat 
    votes 
    dollar 
    an
    d a 
    drink 

    If 
    vote 
    for 
    them 
    both 
    I'll 
    do 
    better 
    think 

    And 
    might 
    break 
    even 
    this 

    year 

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