The Ballad Of Forty Dollars chords by
Waylon Jennings And Johnny Cash

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Key: D major•

Verse 1

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D

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The man that preached the funeral said

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"It really was a simple way to die

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He laid down to rest one afternoon

And never opened up his eyes"

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They hired me and Fred and Joe

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To dig the grave and carry up some chairs

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It took us seven hours and I guess

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We must have drunk a case of beer

I guess I ought to go and watch them

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Put him down but I don't own a suit

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And anyway when they start talkin'

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About the fire in hell I get spooked

So let's just sit here in the truck

And act like we don't know

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Him when they pass

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Anyway, when they're all through

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We got to go to work and mow the grass

Here they come and who's that riding

In that big old shiny limousine

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A

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Look at all that chrome

I do believe that

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That's the sharpest thing I've seen

That must belong to his rich uncle

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Someone said he owned a big old farm

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When they get parked let's mosey down

And look it over,

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A

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that won't do no harm

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B

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That must be the widow in the car

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And won't you take a look at that

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That sure is a pretty dress you know

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Some women do look good in black

He's not even in the ground

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And they tell me his truck is up for sale

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They say she took it pretty hard

But you can't tell too

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much behind a veil

Listen ain't that pretty when

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A bugler plays a military taps

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I think when you were in the war

They always hide and play

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a song like that

Well, here we are and there he goes

And I guess that you might

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Call it our bad luck

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I hope he rests in peace

But the trouble is the fellow

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Owes us forty bucks

Outro 1

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