The Ballad Of Forty Dollars

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

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  • Verse 1
    The man 
    that 
    preached 
    the funeral 
    said 

    "It 
    really 
    was 
    a simple 
    way 
    to die 

    He laid 
    down 
    to rest 
    one 
    afternoon 

    And 
    never 
    opened 
    up 
    his eyes" 

    They hired 
    me 
    and Fred 
    and Joe 

    To dig 
    the grave 
    and carry 
    up 
    some 
    chairs 

    It 
    took 
    us seven 
    hours 
    and I guess 

    We must 
    have 
    drunk 
    a case 
    of beer 

    guess 
    ought 
    to go 
    and 
    watch 
    them 

    Put 
    him down 
    but I 
    don't 
    own 
    a suit 

    And 
    anyway 
    when 
    they 
    start 
    talkin' 

    About 
    the fire 
    in 
    hell 
    get 
    spooked 

    So 
    let's 
    just 
    sit 
    here 
    in 
    the truck 

    And act 
    like 
    we don't 
    know 

    Him 
    when 
    they 
    pass 

    Anyway, 
    when they're 
    all 
    through 

    We 
    got 
    to go 
    to work 
    and mow 
    the grass 

    Here 
    they come 
    and 
    who's 
    that 
    riding 

    In that 
    big old 
    shiny 
    limousine 

    Look 
    at all 
    that 
    chrome 

    do 
    believe 
    that 

    That's 
    the sharpest 
    thing 
    I've 
    seen 

    That 
    must 
    belong 
    to his 
    rich 
    uncle 

    Someone 
    said 
    he 
    owned 
    big old 
    farm 

    When 
    they get 
    parked 
    let's 
    mosey 
    down 

    And 
    look 
    it over, 

    that 
    won't 
    do no 
    harm 


    That 
    must 
    be 
    the widow 
    in 
    the 
    car 

    And 
    won't 
    you 
    take 
    a look 
    at 
    that 

    That 
    sure 
    is 
    a pretty 
    dress 
    you 
    know 

    Some 
    women 
    do 
    look 
    good 
    in black

    He's 
    not 
    even 
    in 
    the 
    ground 

    And 
    they tell 
    me his 
    truck 
    is up 
    for 
    sale 

    They 
    say 
    she 
    took 
    it 
    pretty 
    hard 

    But 
    you can't 
    tell 
    too 

    much 
    behind 
    a veil 

    Listen 
    ain't 
    that 
    pretty 
    when 

    A bugler 
    plays 
    a military 
    taps 

    think 
    when you 
    were in 
    the war 

    They 
    always 
    hide 
    and play 

    a song 
    like 
    that 

    Well, 
    here 
    we 
    are 
    and 
    there 
    he goes 

    And I 
    guess 
    that you 
    might 

    Call 
    it our 
    bad 
    luck 

    hope 
    he rests 
    in peace 

    But 
    the trouble 
    is 
    the fellow 

    Owes 
    us 
    forty 
    buck

    Outro 1




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