Sales Tax chords by Bo Carter, Mississippi Sheiks

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Hell, Walter, we need some cigarettes.
Let's go ahead and get a pack.
Okay. Hello, boys.
What can I do for you?
Can I have a pack of cigarettes?
All right, here you are.
It'll be three cents
more, though.
What's that for?
Sales tax.
Haven't you ever
heard of sales tax?
Sure have.
What's going to happen next, man?
You know they got a law
here they call sale tax.
Sale tax?
What is that for?
That's three cent tax
on everything that's sold.
They say that's the government's rule.
The government's rule.
Well, that's a lot of things.
what the government knows
anything about
well, I'll just sing a little song about
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these
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Everywhere you go
All them mars that live behind the jails
A sign on the wall says liquor for sale
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You know the sale  tax is on it
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Oh,   the sale tax is on it
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Oh, the sale tax is on it
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Everywhere you go
I've never seen a life
since I've been born
That women got cell tax
on their stuff at home
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All the cell  taxes on it
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All the cell taxes on it
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All the cell taxes on it
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Everywhere you go
You know these cell taxes are paying
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You used to could buy it
for a dollar a round
Now there's taxes on it all over town
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Oh, there's still taxes on it
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Oh, there's still taxes on it
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Oh, there's still taxes on it
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Everywhere you go
I'm as lovin' as a woman can be
It's just by God,
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of course, your darlin' three
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All the sail tax is on it
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All the sail tax is on it
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All the sail tax is on it
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Everywhere you go
Now you may take me to be a fool
Everything is sold by the government's rule
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All the sail tanks is on it
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All the sail tanks is on it
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All the sail tanks is on it
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Everywhere you go