Chords for The Funeral

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[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ Well now, Stathright and her Jimmy, _ _ [A] just a counterfeit [E] chain thing _ _ _
[A] With a pocket full [E] of Delta blue [B] and cheap _ amphetamines
Her [A] feet up on [E] the dashboard, _ _ like [A] a burned out [E] Betty _ Page
_ _ [A] Oh, she might have [E] been pretty, [B] she were half her age
[A] But together [E] they were something, _ _ just [A] a club from down [E] the bar
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Headed down to Okie [E] City in [B] a slightly stolen [E] car
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[A] Well, the folks were decent [E] people, _ _ _ [A] but they didn't [E] like their kind _
_ _ [A] When the car pulled in [E] the driveway, [B] they were staring to the blind
A [A] preacher in [E] the kitchen, _ oh, [A] he's eating [E] apple pie
_ _ _ Oh, [A] mama's in [E] the bedroom, Lord, [B] she couldn't help but cry
Oh, [A] and daddy looked [E] so natural, _ [A] like he'd just [E] gone to sleep _
_ _ And [A] the preacher looked [E] through Jimmy, [B] prayed [E] his soul to keep
And [A] this is [E] coming [B] home, [E] coming home
[A] Ain't nothing like [E] a family, make [B] you feel so damned alone
[A] You should have [E] brought flowers, [B] should have got [E] daddy's gun
[A] Ain't [E] nobody waiting [B] on the [A] prodigal son _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ Well, [A] they pulled out [E] in the traffic, _ _ [A] and those in behind [E] the hearse
_ _ _ _ And [A] that awful [E] empty field, [B] well, it went from bad to worse
_ [A] The preacher [E] read the scripture, _ _ _ [A] and they put him [E] in the ground _
_ _ _ [A] Well, everybody [E] loaded [B] up and headed back to town
_ [A] Well, Jimmy [E] got his whiskey out [A] once everyone [E] was gone _ _ _ _
[A] Well, the family should [E] say something, [B] staring [E] down at the [A] stolenness
And [E] this is coming [B] home, [E] coming home
[A] Ain't nothing [E] like a family, [B] make you feel so damned alone
[A] You should have [E] brought flowers, [B] should have [E] got daddy's gun
[A] Ain't [E] nobody waiting [B] on the [A] prodigal son
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_ Well, the men full-folded the table, _ _ _ [A] and the ladies [E] cleaned the plates
The _ _ _ _ [A] cousins [E] asked about the [B] car locked behind the gates
_ [A] Jimmy knew his [E] daddy's _ 38, _ [A] was in that [E] trunk buried deep
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And he'd find his [E] rifle on her [B] once mama was asleep
[A] Well, Jimmy [E] looked at mama, _
_ _ [A] mama [E] just looked down
She _ _ [A] said, why's it [E] take a funeral [B] boy to bring you [E] back to town? _ _ _
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