The Great Filling Station Holdup chords by
Jimmy Buffett 
Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Jimmy Buffett
I pulled into the regular pump
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I was feelin' quite at ease
I rolled down my window
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and told the man
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"Fifty cents worth, please"
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Then out jumped my partner
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With his trusty pellet gun
He said, "Boy, this is a holdup
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Keep pumpin' and don't run."
Verse 2
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(Chorus) And now I
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wish I was somewhere
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other than here
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Down in some honky tonk,
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sippin; on a beer
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Yes I wish I was somewhere
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other than here
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Cause that great fillin' station holdup
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Cost me two good years.
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Verse 3
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We got fifteen dollars and a can of STP
A big ole jar of cashew nuts and
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a Japanese TV
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Feelin' we had pulled the biggest
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heist of our career
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We're wanted men- we'll
strike again!
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But first let's have a
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beer.
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(Chor us)
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We
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were
sittin' in the Krystal
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About as drunk as we could be
In walked the deputy sheriff
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He was holding our TV
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He roughed us, then he cuffed us
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And he took us off to jail
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No picture on a poster, no re ward,
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and no bail.
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(Repeat chorus)
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1973 Let There Be Music,
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Inc. (ASCAP)
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Outro 1
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