Jerry Was a Clerk chords by Andy Shauf

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Verse 1
B 
F# 
 (B major) Me and a couple friend (F sharp major) s,
we had a big idea
Em 
C 
 (E minor) About getting money  (C major) 
and getting out of here
A 
 (A major) We were wide-eyed dreamers
Em 
C 
 (E minor) dreamers of wealth  (C major) 

Verse 2

We were getting tired of killing time

Filling up our heads with cheap wine

Jerry had a van so we could

make our es cape

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Verse 3

He would say,

"boys our time has come

To live among the privileged

Interlude 1

ones"

Verse 4

Now it was Jerry's plan

but we all agreed

Skip town and split the money up evenly

Lay low 'til the winter rolled in

Verse 5
B 
F# 
 (B major) He said, "I know an old  (F sharp major) farmer
doesn't trust the bank
Em 
C 
 (E minor) Keeps his money buried  (C major) out
behind his water tank
A 
 (A major) He told me once when he was
Em 
C 
 (E minor) out of his mind"  (C major) 

Verse 6

"Oh, boys our time has come

To live among the privileged

Interlude 2

ones"

Verse 7
B 
F# 
 (B major) Now Jerry had a girl,  (F sharp major) 
Em 
the only one of  (E minor) us
C 
To ever have one last  (C major) and so
A 
no question (A major) s asked
Em 
C 
She'd be the fourth  (E minor) one involved  (C major) 

Verse 8
B 
F# 
 (B major) Her name was Mary-Anne  (F sharp major) and
and she was nice enough
Em 
C 
 (E minor) Always a cash (C major) ier, only once in love
A 
Em 
 (A major) With Jerry - the  (E minor) dreamer
C 
and the clerk  (C major) 

Verse 9

Who said, "Boys our time has come

To live among the privileged ones"

Interlude 3

Verse 10
B 
F# 
 (B major) So on that Friday night  (F sharp major) 
on which we all agreed
Em 
 (E minor) We took our shovels
C 
and crep (C major) t  out carefully
A 
Em 
C 
 (A major) Through the farmyard  (E minor) darker than sin  (C major) 

Verse 11
B 
F# 
 (B major) The plan went  (F sharp major) off without a hitch
Em 
C 
 (E minor) 'Til we passed the chick (C major) en
coop and Mary tripped
A 
Em 
 (A major) Turned the hens to sirens  (E minor) 
C 
in the night  (C major) 

Verse 12

And when the farmhouse lights turned on

A warning shot rang out into

the dawn

Verse 13
Am 
C 
And we  (A minor) ran like hell for Jerry (C major) 's van
Am 
But  (A minor) when we arrived we were
C 
only three  (C major) 
Am 
And while  (A minor) Jerry's greed
fed gas to the engine
C 
Am 
 (C major) His  (A minor) words showed us
C 
a coward we'd never seen  (C major) 