Ballad of Forty Dollars
Ballad of Forty Dollars

Ballad of Forty Dollars chords by Tom T. Hall

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    • Verse 1
    The man 

    who preached 
    the funeral 

    Said 
    it really 
    was 
    a simple 
    way 
    to die 

    He 
    laid 
    down 
    to rest 
    one 
    afternoon 

    And 
    never 
    opened 
    up 
    his 
    eyes 

    They hired 
    me 
    and Fred 
    and 
    Joe 

    To 
    dig 
    the grave 
    and 
    carry 

    up some 
    chairs 

    It took 
    us seven 
    hours 

    And 
    I 
    guess 
    we 
    must 
    have drunk 

    a case 
    of 
    beer. 

    Verse 2
    I guess 
    I ought 
    to go 
    and watch 

    them 
    put 
    'I'm down 

    But 
    I don't 
    own 
    a suit 

    And 
    any
    way 
    when they 

    start 
    talkin' 
    about 

    The fire 
    in Hell, 
    well, 
    I get 
    spooked 

    So, 
    I'll 
    just 
    sit 
    here 
    in my 
    truck 

    And 
    act like 
    I don't 
    know 

    'I'm 
    when 
    they 
    pass 

    Anyway, 
    when they're 
    all 
    through 

    I've 
    got 
    to go 
    to 
    work 

    and mow 
    the grass. 

    Verse 3

    Well, here 
    they 
    come 
    and who's 
    that 

    Ridin' 
    in that 
    big 
    ol' 
    shiny 

    lim
    ousine 

    Mmh! look 
    at all 
    that 
    chrome, 

    I 
    do believe 

    That's 
    the 
    sharpest 
    thing 
    I've 
    seen 

    That 
    must 
    belong 
    to his 
    great 
    uncle 

    Someone 
    said 
    he 
    owned 

    a big 
    ol' 
    farm 

    When they 
    get 
    parked 
    I'll 

    mosey 
    down 

    and look 
    it over, 

    that 
    won't 
    do 
    no 
    harm. 

    Verse 4

    Well, that 
    must 
    be 
    the widow 
    in 
    the cr 

    And 
    would 
    you take 
    a look 
    at that 

    That 
    sure 
    is 
    a pretty 
    dress 

    You 
    know some 
    women 
    do 

    look 
    good 
    in black 

    Well, he's 
    not 
    even 
    in 
    the ground 

    And they 
    say 
    that 
    his truck 
    is 
    up 
    for 
    sale 

    They 
    say 
    she took 
    it 
    pretty 
    hard 

    But 
    you can't 
    tell 
    too 

    much 
    behind 
    the veil. 

    Verse 5

    Well, 
    listen 
    ain't 
    that 
    pretty 

    When 
    the bugler 
    plays 

    the Military 
    "Taps" 

    I think 
    that 
    when you's 

    in 
    the war 

    They always 
    (hide 'n) play 

    a song 
    like 
    that 

    Well, 
    here I 
    am 
    and there 
    they 
    go 

    And I 
    guess 
    you'd 
    call 
    it 
    my 
    bad 
    luck 

    I hope 
    he 
    rests 
    in peace, 
    the 
    trouble 
    is 

    The 
    fellow 
    owes 
    me 
    forty 
    buck
    s. 

    Outro 1


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