The Funeral Chords by Turnpike Troubadours

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[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ Well now, stage right in her chimney, _ _ just [A] a [E] counterfeit chain thing _ _ _
[A] With a pocket full [E] of Delta [B] blues and cheap amphetamines
_ [A] Her feet up [E] on the dashboard, _ _ _ [A] like a burned [E] out 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] floating [E] down the bars
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Headed down to [E] Okie City [B] in a slightly [E] stolen car
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[A] Well, the folks were [E] decent people, _ _ _ [A] who didn't [E] like their kind _
_ _ [A] When the car pulled [E] in the driveway, [B] they were staring to the blind
_ [A] The preacher [E] in the kitchen, _ _ [A] oh, he's eating [E] apple pie _ _ _ _
[A] Oh, mama's in [E] the bedroom, [B] Lord, she couldn't help but cry
_ [A] Oh, and daddy [E] looks so natural, _ [A] like he's just [E] gone to sleep _
_ _ _ [A] And the preacher [E] looked through Jimmy, [B] prayed he [A] sold the key
And it's [E] coming [B] home, [E] coming home
[A] Ain't nothing [E] like a family [B] mate, who feels so damned alone
[A] You should have [E] brought flowers, [B] you should have got [E] daddy's gun
[A] Ain't [E] nobody waiting [B] on the [A] prodigal son
_ Well, _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] they pulled out in the [E] traffic, _ _ _ [A] and it was dead [E] behind the hearse
_ _ _ _ And [A] that awful [E] empty feeling, [A] well, it went [B] through bad to worse
_ [A] The preacher [E] read the scripture, _ _ _ [A] and they put him [E] in the ground
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[E] Oh, _ [A] well, [E] everybody loaded [B] up and headed back to town
_ [A] Well, Jimmy [E] got his whiskey out, [A] once everyone [E] was gone _ _ _
[A] Well, I bet they [E] should say something, [B] stare [E] down at the stone
[A] And it's [E] coming [B] home, [E] coming home
[A] Ain't nothing [E] like a family [B] mate, who feels so damned alone
[A] You should have [E] brought flowers, [B] you should have [Em] got [E] daddy's gun
[A] Ain't [E] nobody waiting [B] on the [A] prodigal son
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_ [A] the men full [E]-folded tables, _ _ _ [A] and the ladies [E] cleaned the plates _ _
_ _ _ [A] The cousins [E] asked about the [B] car locked behind the gates
_ [A] Jimmy knew his [E] daddy's _ 38, _ [A] but wasn't that a [E] drunk, fairy thief
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And he'd find his [E] rightful owner [B] once his mama was asleep
_ [A] But 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? _ _ _