Welfare Line chords by
The Highwaymen

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Key: D major

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Well now, boys I've

been to Bethlehem

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Rode there on a big steam train

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Lost two fenders in the steel wheels

Verse 2
And I ain't goin' back again
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I fought for my country
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Lord knows I did my best
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Crawlin' cross some foreign field
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They pinned a ribbon to my chest

Verse 3

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So pass around the bottle boys

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Let's talk about old times

Night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin

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Here on the welfare line

Verse 4
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Served on a Georgia road gang
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Couldn't pay the debts I owed
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'Cause I ain't made of silver
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And I ain't ever seen no gold

Verse 5

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I still remember Rachel

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Soft as a velvet gown

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They laid her in a pauper's grave

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On the other side of town

Verse 6

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So pass around the bottle boys

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Let's talk about old times

Night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin

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Here on the welfare line

Interlude 1

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Verse 7
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Now some folks are born to money
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You know I wish 'em well
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If the devil should ever want my soul
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I swear I'd never sell
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So pass

Verse 8
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around the bottle boys
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Let's talk about old times
Night's rollin' in,
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D D 
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D D 
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it's cold as
sin
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Here on the welfare line

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