She Got The Goldmine I Got The Shaft chords by
Jerry Reed

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Verse 1
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Well, I guess it was back
in '63
When eatin' my cookin'
got the better of me
So I asked this little girl
I was goin' with to be my wife
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Well, she said she would, so I said "I do"
But I'da said I wouldn't
if I'da just knew
How sayin' "I do" was gonna
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screw up all of my life!

Verse 2
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Well, the first few years
weren't all that bad
I'll never forget the good times we had
Cause I'm reminded every month when
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I send her the child support.
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Well, it wasn't too long
till the lust all died
And I'll admit I wasn't too surprised
The day I come home and found my suitcase
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sittin' out on the porch.

Verse 3
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Well, I tried to get in
she changed the locks!
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Then I found this note taped
on the mailbox
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That said, "Goodbye,
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A A 
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turkey! My attorney will be in touch!"
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So I decided right then and there
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I's gonna do what's right
give her her fair share
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But brother I didn't know her
share's gon' be THAT much!
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She got the gold

Verse 4
mine!
She got the gold mine!
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I got the shaft. I got the shaft
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They split it right down
the middle
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B B 2
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And then they give her the better half
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Well, it all sounds sorta funny
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But it hurts too much to laugh
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She got the gold mine
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- I got the sha- a- aft

Verse 5
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Now, listen you ain't
heard nothin' yet
Why, they give her the color
television set
Then they give her the house, the kids,
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and both of the cars! See?
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Well, then they start talkin'
'bout child support
Alimony, and the cost of the court
Didn't take me long to figure out
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how far in the toilet I  was!

Verse 6
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I'm tellin' ya,
they have made a mistake
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Cause it adds up to more
than this cowboy makes!
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Besides; everything I ever had worth takin',
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they've already took!
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While she's livin' like
a queen on alimony
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I'm workin' two shifts
eatin' baloney
Askin' myself,
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"Why didn't you just learn how to cook?!?!"
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They give her the

Verse 7
gold mine!
She got the gold mine!
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They give me the shaft. I
got the shaft
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They said they're splittin'
it all down the middle
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But she got the better half
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Well, it all sounds mighty funny
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But it hurts too much to laugh
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She got the gold mine - I got the
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sha- a- aft

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Verse 8
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Well, she got the gold mine!
She got the gold mine!
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I got the shaft. I got the shaft
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They split it all down the middle
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And then they give her the better half
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Well, I guess it all sounds funny, Hoo, hoo, hoo,
ha- ha- ha- ha- ha!
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But it hurts too much to laugh
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She got the gold mine - I got
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B B 2
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the sha- a- aft
(They ain't kiddin' me
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I got the shaft)

Verse 9
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Well, I don't have to worry 'bout totin'
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a billfold n'more
Hahahahaha
I let my wife tote it; I'
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mon' be carryin' food stamps
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You get it, judge? I'mon' be...
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