maximum living on a minimum wage chords by Mel McDaniel

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Verse 1
C 
My ol' truck needs a starter
F 
and it's gaspin' for water
D 
G 
And it keeps runnin' hot and out of time
C 
My wife's home a- waitin' for
F 
money to buy the bacon
D 
G 
And I just called her up with my last dime

Verse 2
F 
I keep hopin' for the better,
C 
E 
things keep gettin' worse
Am 
Inflation's takin' more than I can make
F 
When you can't pay for what you're buyin',
C 
F 
it's not really lyin'
C 
It's just maximum livin'
G 
C 
on a minimum wage

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Verse 3

Maximum livin' on a

minimum wage

Ninety dollar bills and thirty dollar days

Lord, it's not that I don't wanna

get them bill collectors paid

It's this maximum livin' on

a minimum wage

Verse 4
C 
The baby needs some new shoes
F 
and they just passed a new rule
D 
That they won't let me have
G 
no overtime
C 
They're cuttin' off the power,
F 
looks like everything that's ours
D 
Belongs to someone else
G 
when we're behind

Verse 5
F 
We keep hopin' for the better,
C 
E 
things keep gettin' worse
Inflation's takin' more
Am 
than we can make
F 
When you can't pay for what you're buyin',
C 
F 
it's not really lyin'
C 
G 
It's just maximum livin' on a
C 
minumum wage

Verse 6
F 
C 
Maximum livin' on a minimum wage
D 
G 
Ninety dollar bills and thirty dollar days
C 
F 
Lord, it's not that I don't wanna
C 
F 
get them bill collectors paid
C 
It's this maximum livin' on a
G 
C 
minimum wage

Verse 7
F 
C 
Maximum livin' on a minimum wage
D 
Ninety dollar bills and thirty
G 
dollar days
C 
F 
Lord, it's not that I don't wanna
C 
F 
get them bill collectors paid
C 
It's this maximum livin' on
G 
C 
F 
a minimum wage