The Coin Machine chords by
Jerry Reed
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Key: D major

Verse 1
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Now I'm not one
to get all excited,
G G 
 
I'm seldom tense and I'm never uptight,
E E 
 
but there's one thing in this world
A A 
 
that really makes me upset,
D D 
 
and that's them coin machines,
them nickel and diamonds,
G G 
 
them out -of -orders,
them work -one -timers,
E E 
 
those nickel -and -dime quarter
A A 
 
-grubbin' monsters.
Bm Bm 
 
I mean, how many times
have you had to munch it
G G 
 
so you whip out a dime
for some peanut crunches?
E E 
 
You put it in a slot and you pull the handle,
A A 
 
an d just nothing. So you
D D 
 
cuss and you beat it
till your hand is blue,
G G 
 
you push and you shove
and you kick it with your shoe,
E E 
 
and finally you just walk away
while it's blinking,
A A 
 
thank you, which is machine,
D D 
 
but we just stuck it to you, son.
G G 
 
I'd like to meet the man
A A 
 
G G 
 
who invented the coin machine.
D D 
 
B B 
 
He must have hated mankind
E E 
 
and every other living thing.
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
I bet he had a motto on
D D 
 
his wall in frozen rime
G G 
 
D D 
 
B B 
 
Sayin' you get nothin' for a nickel,
E E 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
twice as much for a  dime
D D 
 
Well, they'll of fer you cigarettes,
A A 
 
G G 
 
soft drinks, cigars, barbecue, potato chips
E E 
 
And all kind of candy bars,
peanuts, popcorn,
A A 
 
Cracker Jacks and Red Hots
D D 
 
And you can pay a quarter
for a nickel cone,
G G 
 
get a throwaway razor
Abdim Abdim 
 
A shot of cologne, get a bash you shine
E E 
 
A A 
 
That even polishes your socks
Bm Bm 
 
But I think the worst of those
You see with the glass
G G 
 
where you can see what you want
But you can bet your donkey
E E 
 
that ain't no way short
Of a blowtorch
A A 
 
you're gonna get nothing out of that
D D 
 
Then how about those
on the men's room wall?
G G 
 
Boys, you know what I mean
You have seen them all
E E 
 
And when you lose six bits
in one of them boogers
A A 
 
You're just too embarrassed to complain
D D 
 
So you just kinda go home by yourself
G G 
 
I'd like to meet the man
A A 
 
G G 
 
who invented the coin machine
D D 
 
B B 
 
Well, he must have hated mankind
E E 
 
and every other living thing
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
I bet he had a motto
D D 
 
on his wall in frozen rhyme
G G 
 
D D 
 
B B 
 
Sayin' you get nothin' for a nickel,
E E 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
twice as much for a
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
dime
D D 
 
Now, I heard this story
about a fella one time
G G 
 
who certainly is a hero of mine
E E 
 
He ranks right up there
with John Wayne,
A A 
 
Burke Reynolds
and Merle Haggard
D D 
 
Seemed there was a certain
soft drink machine
G G 
 
that was rustin' old camp tankers
E E 
 
and mean and it took him
but just one too many quarters
A A 
 
and his mind snapped.
So he went out to his car
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
and looked up under the seat
G G 
 
and he whipped out a .45,
clean and neat.
E E 
 
He walked up to that machine
and said, hand that over son,
A A 
 
it's your last chance.
D D 
 
Then he plugged that thing
about three or four times
G G 
 
right up un der that blinkin'
have a coke sign.
E E 
 
Then he just coughed and spit
a four hundred dollars worth of
A A 
 
quarters and died.
D D 
 
The judge called his self defense.
G G 
 
I'd like to meet the man
A A 
 
G G 
 
who invented the coin machine
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Well, he must have hated mankind
B B 
 
E E 
 
an d every other living thing
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
I bet he had a motto
D D 
 
on his wall in frozen rhyme
G G 
 
D D 
 
B B 
 
Said, you get nothing for a nickel,
E E 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
twice as much for a  dime

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