General Store Chords by Don Mclean

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_ _ _ Morning, Mrs.
Campbell, [C#m] _
[C#] _ _ _ lovely day today.
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[C#] _ _ _ I heard about [G#m] the fire, _ I wonder [C#m] what the [C#] papers say.
[C#m] _ [C#] _
_ _ _ Let's see [G#m] now, give [C#m] me fifty shotgun shells [G#m] and a hundred [C#] feet of rope. _ _
_ Just add that to my bill. _ _
Sizzy here, there ain't no hope.
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They all were burned alive. _ _
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[D#] And four [G#m] packs of cigarettes, no, I think [C#] I'll make it five.
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[C#] _ _ I heard about the wedding, _ [C#m] _
[C#] _ I'm so happy for the bride. _ _
_ Why, that firehouse looked mighty nice and the whole town swelled with pride.
_ _ We've watched her grow to womanhood, she's found an upright man.
[G#m] She'll learn this life ain't easy, you do the best [C#] you can.
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No, no, my family ain't so good, _ _ _ _ my wife just had a spell. _
_ _ And I can't afford the medicine, she needs to make her well.
_ _ I've been laid off at that factory for sixteen months or more.
[G#m] I came home last Wednesday evening, _ I found her lying on the floor.
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[C#] Bye now, Mrs.
Campbell, _ _ _ _ say howdy to your son. _ _ _ _
You can tell him we'll go hunting _ _ _ _ when he gets a bigger gun. _ _ _
_ _ _ It was too [C#m] bad about that fire, [C#] _ but don't you get me wrong.
_ [G#m]
We've got to teach [C#m] these people how to stay where they belong.
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