Sawmill chords by Buck Owens

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Verse 1
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C 
 (G major) Once I was a slave at the saw  (C major) mill
G 
Talk  (G major) about a poor boy,
talk about a poor boy
C 
G 
Let me have a  (C major) dollar bill  (G major) 
C 
My work was so hard at the saw  (C major) mill
G 
 (G major) Talk about a poor boy,
talk about a poor boy
C 
Let me have a  (C major) dollar bill
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 2
C 
See  (C major) my teardrops falling down
My wife left the saw mill town
D 
She said saw mill life had been a sin  (D major) 
The gravy were too thin

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Verse 3

I can't work no more at the saw mill

Talk about a poor boy,

talk about a poor boy

Let me have a dollar bill

Interlude 1

Verse 4
G 
C 
Well,  (G major) if you bring your wife to the saw  (C major) mill
G 
 (G major) How you gonna please her,
how you gonna please her
C 
G 
When she wants a  (C major) dollar bill  (G major) 
She'll run away and leave
C 
you at the saw  (C major) mill
G 
 (G major) Women like a dollar, women like a dollar
C 
G 
Yes, and women  (C major) always  (G major) will

Verse 5

See my teardrops falling down

My wife left the saw mill town

She said saw mill life had been a sin

The gravy were too thin

Verse 6
G 
C 
I can't  (G major) work no more at the saw  (C major) mill
G 
Talk  (G major) about a poor boy,
talk about a poor boy
C 
G 
Let me have a  (C major) dollar bill  (G major) 
Women like a dollar, women like a dollar
C 
G 
Yes, and women  (C major) always will  (G major) 