Three Meals a Day chords by Mack Rice

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Verse 1
G 
You live, you live, you live right here
You live, you live, you live right here
One, two, one, four, three, four
Up, up, up, up, up, up, three, four
D 
Three meals a day with a regular pay
Em 
Sunday on  the bus,
G 
busy driving her up
D 
Three meals a day, Lord, bless my soul
Em 
Oh, you couldn't touch me then,
G 
what a ten -foot pole
I signed my name without
D 
a reason to thank
Em 
G 
Tryin' to satisfy my old home stank
D 
Even so, I wouldn't have complained
A 
Em 
Cause I heard Uncle Sam
G 
take care of his man
D 
Three meals a day, a brand new home
Em 
Couldn't beat that with
G 
a fine -tooth comb
D 
Three meals a day was regular pay
G 
Em 
Just what the man was preaching
G 
when he carried me away
One, two, one, two, three, four
Four, two, one, two
Bm 
Now I left my girl standin' at the gate
Em 
She tried to change my mind,
G 
but I couldn't wait
D 
It did take long before my mind had left
Em 
To see my uncle use
G 
me to save himself
D 
Three meters a day of a price to pay
Em 
When you got to take
G 
another man's life away
D 
Three meals a day, I remember so well
Em 
When I voted at the bus
G 
destination, yeah
Hup, hup, hup, hup, hey
Ho, hup, hup, hup, hup, hey
D 
Well, I left my right arm in the rice patio
Em 
That's the place where
G 
all the gentlemen go
D 
I left my mind chillin' high on a hill
Em 
Had my yard sale chillin'
G 
but I had a kill
D 
Three meals a day Lord took me away
Em 
G 
My stomach can't stand
one meal a day
D 
Three meals a day man what a price
Em 
To be  like a guest
G 
for the rest of my life
Hup hup hup hup hup hup hup hup
D 
Three meals a day, man, what a pride
Bm 
Em 
For me to be  like a festival
G 
the rest of my life
D 
Three meals a day took me away
Em 
Now my stomach can't stand
G 
one meal a day
D 
Three meals a day took me away
Now my stomach can't stand
one meal a