So You Wannabe An Outlaw chords by
Steve Earle

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Key: A major•

Intro 1

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So you

Verse 1
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wanna be an outlaw,
better take it from me
Living on the highway,
ain't everything it's suppose to be
Everybody reckons that
they wanna be free
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Ain't no body wants to be alone

Verse 2
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Stumblin in the alley at
a quarter to three
Hollaring after Sally, "Honey,
what you trying to do to me."
Told me "Go to hell,
I'm going back to Tennessee."
I said, "Angel,
you can never go home."

Verse 3

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Never go home

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Never go home

If you wanna be an outlaw

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you can never go home

Verse 4
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So you wanna be outlaw,
better listen up kid
Steal a million dollar and you
have to keep it hid
Ain't no place to spend it
in the desert if you did
And you can't take it
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with you when you go
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Always something

Verse 5
laying for you
up around the bend
Everything that goes around comes
back around again
You can't trust anybody,
not a lover or a friend
Your momma, maybe,
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then you never know

Verse 6
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Never do know. (Never do know.)
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Never do know. (No, you
never do know.)
If you wanna be an outlaw,
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then you never do know

Interlude 1
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D D 
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So you wanna be an

Verse 7
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outlaw,
son you better think twice
You better not pout and you better not cry
Cuz there won't nobody give a
damn about you when you die
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But the devil when he comes for his due
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When you're standing at the cross

Verse 8
roads,
don't you try to flag a ride
Don't you fall down on your knees,
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Don't you do what's already been tried
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Hate to tell you but the only the left
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Side is to sing the devil out of the blues

Verse 9
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Singing the blues
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Keep on singing the blues
Sing the "So you wanna
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be an outlaw" Blues
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Hey Hey