When the Pin Hits the Shell chords by Drive-By Truckers

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Verse 1
D 
You can lie to your Mama,
A 
you can lie to your race
D 
But you can't lie to nobody
G 
Gm 
with that cold steel in your face.
G 
D 
And the same God that you're so
A 
afraid is gonna send you to hell
D 
Is the same one you're gonna answer
G 
to when the pin hits the shell.
D 

Verse 2
Your sister's been blaming everybody.
A 
Asus4 
A 
D 
I don't blame her,
G 
man, I guess I'd do the same
D 
If you was my brother, man,
Asus4 
I'd probably stand by you.
A 
D 
But you ain't, man,
G 
so I got to go my way.
Bm 
And I ain't gonna crawl
upon no high horse
A 
Cause I got thrown off of one

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Verse 3

When I was young and I ain't no cowboy

So I ain't going where I don't belong.

It wouldn't do you no good to let you know

that it damned near killed me too

So I ain't gonna mourn for you, man,

Interlude 1

now that you're gone.

Verse 4
D 
Me and you,
A 
we liked our pills and our whiskey.
D 
But you don't want your head
full of either one when
G 
The house gets quiet and dark.
D 
A 
Having fun used to be so damned easy,
D 
Racing trains from Second
G 
Street to Avalon.
Bm 
Take a trip down memory lane,
A 
You don't see no friendly faces
D 
All the houses have been painted and
G 
Nobody knows your name.
Bm 
It's enough to make a man not want
A 
To be nobody's Daddy,
D 
When all he thinks he's got left
G 
to hand down is guilt and shame.

Verse 5

And I ain't gonna crawl upon no

Interlude 2

high horse...

Verse 6
D 
G 
Em 
Bm 
You
D 
A 
Em 
Bm 
D 
A 
D 
can lie to your Mama,
A 
you can lie to your race
D 
But you can't lie to nobody with that
G 
cold steel in your face.
D 
And the same God that you're so
A 
afraid is gonna send you to hell
D 
Is the same one you're gonna answer
G 
to when the pin hits the shell.