Chords for Alimony - Mel Tillis and the Old Dogs
Tempo:
99.9 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Bb
Db
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hey, hey, now, [Abm] did you get your thing?
Yeah, I put it in an envelope [N] and left it away.
Did you send every penny or did you cheat?
I sent the shoes off my feet and the [Fm] gold out of my teeth.
[Ab] Oh, that sounds familiar.
That sounds like, that sounds like
Alimony, [Db] [Ab] alimony, [Db] work till my fingers [Bb] are bloody and bony.
[Ab] Me, oh my, [F] oh goodness sake, [Bb] I'm paying [Eb] for my [Ab] mistake.
Yes, you are.
Yes, alimony, I call it alimony.
Now you're talking.
Now, [Db] you married guys, you [Bb] might think it's funny.
Oh no.
[Ab] Till one of these days [F] you wake, [Cm] you'll [Bb] find you're paying [Eb] for your [Ab] mistake.
[Eb] [Fm]
[Eb] He walks around ragged [Ab] like a low-down bum.
[Eb] I can't afford to weigh myself [Ab] or buy a stick of gum.
[Eb] Same old song [Ab] with a little more blues in [Bb] it.
I'm paying for it [Eb] while someone else is using [Ab] it.
Alimony, [Db] I thought I bought a stake but [Bb] it was only baloney.
[Ab] Me, oh my, [F] oh goodness sake, [Bb] I'm paying [Eb] for my [Ab] mistake.
Yeah, I'm paying for my mistake.
It's all right.
You know what?
[Db] It all started when she ate that apple.
[Bb] That's when it all started for all of us.
[Ab] She took everything I [Fm] had, my [F] dog, my house, everything.
[Bb] [Eb] Hey, [Ab] he's got a biscuit.
[Eb] He's got a [Fm] birthday.
He's [Eb] got whippers, his shivers, [Ab] his sweats and his [Eb] shakes.
He's living on crackers.
[Ab] She's dining [Bb] on [Fm] steaks.
[Eb] So why should I work [Ab] till my poor back breaks?
[Bb] Whatever I make, [Eb] the bitch is gonna [Ab] take.
Alimony, alimony, what [Db] I said I'd do.
[Bb] I must have been loony.
[Ab] They should have wrote on top of [F] that wedding cake.
[Bb] You'll be paying [Eb] for your [Ab] mistake.
[Gm] [Fm]
[Eb] So I quit my job [Ab] and away I went.
[Eb] I'd rather go to jail than [Ab] pay another damn cent.
[Eb] The judge says, son, your [Ab] back's against the wall.
[Bb] Between romance and [Eb] finance, you got no chance at all.
[Ab] Alimony, [Db] the path of love [Bb] is rocky and stony.
[Ab] From a garden of roses [F] to a bed of snakes.
[Bb] You'll be paying [Eb] for your [Ab] mistakes.
[F] Every payday, [Bb] paying for [Eb] my [Ab] mistakes.
[Abm]
[Ab]
Yeah, I put it in an envelope [N] and left it away.
Did you send every penny or did you cheat?
I sent the shoes off my feet and the [Fm] gold out of my teeth.
[Ab] Oh, that sounds familiar.
That sounds like, that sounds like
Alimony, [Db] [Ab] alimony, [Db] work till my fingers [Bb] are bloody and bony.
[Ab] Me, oh my, [F] oh goodness sake, [Bb] I'm paying [Eb] for my [Ab] mistake.
Yes, you are.
Yes, alimony, I call it alimony.
Now you're talking.
Now, [Db] you married guys, you [Bb] might think it's funny.
Oh no.
[Ab] Till one of these days [F] you wake, [Cm] you'll [Bb] find you're paying [Eb] for your [Ab] mistake.
[Eb] [Fm]
[Eb] He walks around ragged [Ab] like a low-down bum.
[Eb] I can't afford to weigh myself [Ab] or buy a stick of gum.
[Eb] Same old song [Ab] with a little more blues in [Bb] it.
I'm paying for it [Eb] while someone else is using [Ab] it.
Alimony, [Db] I thought I bought a stake but [Bb] it was only baloney.
[Ab] Me, oh my, [F] oh goodness sake, [Bb] I'm paying [Eb] for my [Ab] mistake.
Yeah, I'm paying for my mistake.
It's all right.
You know what?
[Db] It all started when she ate that apple.
[Bb] That's when it all started for all of us.
[Ab] She took everything I [Fm] had, my [F] dog, my house, everything.
[Bb] [Eb] Hey, [Ab] he's got a biscuit.
[Eb] He's got a [Fm] birthday.
He's [Eb] got whippers, his shivers, [Ab] his sweats and his [Eb] shakes.
He's living on crackers.
[Ab] She's dining [Bb] on [Fm] steaks.
[Eb] So why should I work [Ab] till my poor back breaks?
[Bb] Whatever I make, [Eb] the bitch is gonna [Ab] take.
Alimony, alimony, what [Db] I said I'd do.
[Bb] I must have been loony.
[Ab] They should have wrote on top of [F] that wedding cake.
[Bb] You'll be paying [Eb] for your [Ab] mistake.
[Gm] [Fm]
[Eb] So I quit my job [Ab] and away I went.
[Eb] I'd rather go to jail than [Ab] pay another damn cent.
[Eb] The judge says, son, your [Ab] back's against the wall.
[Bb] Between romance and [Eb] finance, you got no chance at all.
[Ab] Alimony, [Db] the path of love [Bb] is rocky and stony.
[Ab] From a garden of roses [F] to a bed of snakes.
[Bb] You'll be paying [Eb] for your [Ab] mistakes.
[F] Every payday, [Bb] paying for [Eb] my [Ab] mistakes.
[Abm]
[Ab]
Key:
Ab
Eb
Bb
Db
F
Ab
Eb
Bb
_ _ _ Hey, hey, now, [Abm] did you get your thing?
Yeah, I put it in an envelope [N] and left it away.
Did you send every penny or did you cheat?
I sent the shoes off my feet and the [Fm] gold out of my teeth.
[Ab] Oh, that sounds familiar.
That sounds like, that sounds like_
Alimony, [Db] _ _ [Ab] alimony, [Db] work till my fingers [Bb] are bloody and bony.
[Ab] Me, oh my, [F] oh goodness sake, [Bb] I'm paying [Eb] for my [Ab] mistake.
Yes, you are.
Yes, alimony, I call it alimony.
Now you're talking.
Now, [Db] you married guys, you [Bb] might think it's funny.
Oh no.
[Ab] Till one of these days [F] you wake, [Cm] you'll [Bb] find you're paying [Eb] for your [Ab] mistake.
_ [Eb] _ [Fm]
[Eb] He walks around ragged [Ab] like a low-down bum.
[Eb] I can't afford to weigh myself [Ab] or buy a stick of gum.
[Eb] Same old song [Ab] with a little more blues in [Bb] it.
I'm paying for it [Eb] while someone else is using [Ab] it.
Alimony, _ _ _ _ _ [Db] I thought I bought a stake but [Bb] it was only baloney. _
[Ab] Me, oh my, [F] oh goodness sake, [Bb] I'm paying [Eb] for my [Ab] mistake. _ _ _
Yeah, I'm paying for my mistake.
It's all right.
You know what?
[Db] It all started when she ate that apple.
[Bb] That's when it all started for all of us.
[Ab] She took everything I [Fm] had, my [F] dog, my house, everything.
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] Hey, [Ab] he's got a biscuit.
[Eb] He's got a [Fm] birthday.
He's [Eb] got whippers, his shivers, [Ab] his sweats and his [Eb] shakes.
He's living on crackers.
[Ab] She's dining [Bb] on [Fm] steaks.
[Eb] So why should I work [Ab] till my poor back breaks?
[Bb] Whatever I make, [Eb] the bitch is gonna [Ab] take.
Alimony, _ _ _ alimony, what [Db] I said I'd do.
[Bb] I must have been loony.
[Ab] They should have wrote on top of [F] that wedding cake.
[Bb] You'll be paying [Eb] for your [Ab] mistake.
_ [Gm] _ [Fm]
[Eb] So I quit my job [Ab] and away I went.
[Eb] I'd rather go to jail than [Ab] pay another damn cent.
[Eb] The judge says, son, your [Ab] back's against the wall.
[Bb] Between romance and [Eb] finance, you got no chance at all.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ Alimony, [Db] the path of love [Bb] is rocky and stony.
[Ab] From a garden of roses [F] to a bed of snakes.
[Bb] You'll be paying [Eb] for your [Ab] mistakes.
[F] Every payday, [Bb] paying for [Eb] my [Ab] mistakes. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, I put it in an envelope [N] and left it away.
Did you send every penny or did you cheat?
I sent the shoes off my feet and the [Fm] gold out of my teeth.
[Ab] Oh, that sounds familiar.
That sounds like, that sounds like_
Alimony, [Db] _ _ [Ab] alimony, [Db] work till my fingers [Bb] are bloody and bony.
[Ab] Me, oh my, [F] oh goodness sake, [Bb] I'm paying [Eb] for my [Ab] mistake.
Yes, you are.
Yes, alimony, I call it alimony.
Now you're talking.
Now, [Db] you married guys, you [Bb] might think it's funny.
Oh no.
[Ab] Till one of these days [F] you wake, [Cm] you'll [Bb] find you're paying [Eb] for your [Ab] mistake.
_ [Eb] _ [Fm]
[Eb] He walks around ragged [Ab] like a low-down bum.
[Eb] I can't afford to weigh myself [Ab] or buy a stick of gum.
[Eb] Same old song [Ab] with a little more blues in [Bb] it.
I'm paying for it [Eb] while someone else is using [Ab] it.
Alimony, _ _ _ _ _ [Db] I thought I bought a stake but [Bb] it was only baloney. _
[Ab] Me, oh my, [F] oh goodness sake, [Bb] I'm paying [Eb] for my [Ab] mistake. _ _ _
Yeah, I'm paying for my mistake.
It's all right.
You know what?
[Db] It all started when she ate that apple.
[Bb] That's when it all started for all of us.
[Ab] She took everything I [Fm] had, my [F] dog, my house, everything.
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] Hey, [Ab] he's got a biscuit.
[Eb] He's got a [Fm] birthday.
He's [Eb] got whippers, his shivers, [Ab] his sweats and his [Eb] shakes.
He's living on crackers.
[Ab] She's dining [Bb] on [Fm] steaks.
[Eb] So why should I work [Ab] till my poor back breaks?
[Bb] Whatever I make, [Eb] the bitch is gonna [Ab] take.
Alimony, _ _ _ alimony, what [Db] I said I'd do.
[Bb] I must have been loony.
[Ab] They should have wrote on top of [F] that wedding cake.
[Bb] You'll be paying [Eb] for your [Ab] mistake.
_ [Gm] _ [Fm]
[Eb] So I quit my job [Ab] and away I went.
[Eb] I'd rather go to jail than [Ab] pay another damn cent.
[Eb] The judge says, son, your [Ab] back's against the wall.
[Bb] Between romance and [Eb] finance, you got no chance at all.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ Alimony, [Db] the path of love [Bb] is rocky and stony.
[Ab] From a garden of roses [F] to a bed of snakes.
[Bb] You'll be paying [Eb] for your [Ab] mistakes.
[F] Every payday, [Bb] paying for [Eb] my [Ab] mistakes. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _