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Lee Hazlewood
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Key: G major•
Verse 1
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Elf

Dilly has a three -legged

chicken named

Maxine.
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Now,
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Elf ain't particularly proud of
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Maxine.
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To tell you the truth,

he's just a little bit ashamed.
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You can't exactly blame him, though,
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because I doubt you'll find a grown man anywhere
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that enjoys walking down the street with a

three -legged chicken clucking after him.
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Most of us thought that

Elf
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Dilley would be a millionaire
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before he was 40,
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but he's had a streak of bad
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luck that'd sink a boat.

First of all,
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Elf had this cow that wandered in his house
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one afternoon while he was gone
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and ate up 35 pounds of mothballs
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and fell over in a dead faint.
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Well, she knocked over a kerosene lamp and she
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set the house on fire and burned it to the ground
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and then it rained and washed
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all the ashes away so

Elf got home and he
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thought somebody stole his house.

Well
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Elf went running over to tell the sheriff

and he cut through

Winnie
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Duncan's backyard.

Now
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Winnie is back there sawing
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on this big oak tree and it fell and hit
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Elf right on the head and broke both his
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feet.
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Well

Winnie felt so bad about it that he gave
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Elf an old set in and two
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dozen eggs.
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And the next week
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Elf's hogs broke into his
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still and after a couple

hours of drinking, well,
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they got pretty mean and tore down his fence and run the
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old setting hen off.
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And the eggs got cold and only

one of them hatched and
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that was
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Maxine and she had three legs.
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Of course now we're all kind of doubtful

that

Elf

Dilly will be a millionaire
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by the he's 40.
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We're all just kind of hoping

that he'll break even this year.

My old barn's about to cave in
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It'll fall right on the house I'm in
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My barrel insurance is overdue again
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Still I might break even this year
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Well, I got me a job, and I had it made I worked three weeks,

but I didn't get paid
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Somebody stole my only chicken that laid
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Still, might break even this
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year
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Well, a tax man say he don't

mean me no harm
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But if I don't pay,
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they're gonna take my

farm
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If they do that, just as sure as you're born
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I might break even this year

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Republican votes fifty cents in a wink

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Democrat votes a dollar an d a drink
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If I vote for them both I'll do better I think
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And I might break even this
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • Am

  • C

  • F

  • D

  • Cm

    3

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of I might break even by Lee hazlewood is G major.

The primary chords used in I might break even are G, Am, C, F, D, Cm.

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