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when the word was thunderbird chords by
Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver

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Intro 1
Am
Em
Am
E

Verse 1
Am

Up every morning
G

at the crack of dawn

Nights as short as the days are long
D
Em

Life turned out to be another magazine
Am

I'm livin' with a stranger now
G

The girl I knew got away somehow
D

She went out with two bit gasoline
Em

I wanna go back,
Am

you know what I mean, ah
Verse 2
Am

When the word was Thunderbird
G
D

And the price was 40 twice

Drinkin' wine and lovin'
Em

you was fun
Am

Oh but love turned out to be
G

a passin' thing

Different bird of a different wing
D
Em

Some damn fool put a dollar

29 on a jug of Thunderbird wine
Am

And Lord, I don't know if

I'm gonna make it
G

I don't know if I'll have

the strength to take it
D

Everything's hung up in yesterday
Em
Interlude 1
Am
G
F

Em
Am
G
F

Em

Verse 3
Am

Married

to a civic- minded social girl
G

Takin' shortcuts in a woman's world
D

She won't let her hair
Em

down when I'm home
Am

Society is just slavery and
G

se curity is killing me
D

I worked hard for it, but I give it all away
Em
Am

If I could go back to yesterday, ah
Verse 4
Am
G

When the word was Thunderbird
D

And the price was 40 twice

Drinkin' wine and lovin'
Em

you was fun
Am

Oh but love turned out to be
G

a passin' thing

Different bird of a different wing
D
Em

Some damn fool put a dollar

29 on a jug of Thunderbird wine
Am

And Lord, I don't know if I'm gonna make it
G

I don't know if I'll have

the strength to take it
D

Everything's hung up in yesterday
Em
Verse 5
Am

When the word was Thunderbird
G
D

And the price was forty twice
Em

Drinkin' wine and lovin' you was fun

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  • Em

  • E

  • G

  • D

  • F

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