Thanksgiving Day Argument chords by Waddie Mitchell

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Verse 1
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 (F major)  (C major) Now  (F major) about this here Thanksgiving,
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there is two opposing views.  (C major) 
One helped by Pop McIntyre
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and one helped by  (F major) Smokey Hughes.
How these two old cowpokes
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can debate the pros and cons  (C major) produces in
the bunkhouse many verbal marathons.
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 (F major) I've always worked,
said Smokey,
for whatever I've had since first I
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 (C major) wrangled horses as a rusty knuckle lad.
I broke my share of bronco,
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and  (F major) I've punched a heap of cow,
and I've earned my own dang blessings
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from  (C major) the sweat of my own brow,
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and why I should be thankful for what I  (F major) duly earns just a lot of bosh and bunkum,
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boys, that I ain't never learned.  (C major) 
My friend says, Pop Sarcastic,
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you said your  (F major) little piece
and proved you got a limber tongue
that's well -supplied with grease.
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 (C major) Now, you're noted as
a peeler
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who is seldom ever  (F major) thrown
to what good luck or blessing is your
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skill at riding  (C major) owed.
There ain't no good luck to it,
Pop, said Smokey.
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 (F major) I'm a man who ain't obliged
to nothin'
when I do the best I can.
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For when I earn my  (C major) wages
snappin' out a bunch of colts,
it's me, myself,
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in per (F major) son who's takin'  (D major) all them jolts.
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 (G major) That's  (D major) why  (G major) I say Thanksgiving Day
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is mostly  (D major) just a fake
to give some folks a good excuse
for a turkey bellyache.
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 (G major) Pop McIntyre sucks  (D major) his pipe
a thoughtful draw or two
then says, well, Smokey,
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 (G major) I'll admit that your buckaroo
sets a steady saddle
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and  (D major) ain't stingy with his sweat.
But maybe there's a thing or two
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you  (G major) stubbornly forget.
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Now, you mention ridin' bron (D major) cos,
and I'll admit you're ridin' good
and set up in the saddle
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like a salty  (G major) peeler should.
But for this you take all the credit,
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and you claim you owe  (D major) no thanks
for them buckarooster blessings of
the muscles in your shanks.
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At least  (G major) you could be thankful,
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said Pop with a concludin'  (D major) drawl,
that the good Lord split you up the middle,
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or you couldn't ride  (G major) at all.
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