Desperate Times Chords by Charlie Robison

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Well, Jackie went to high school in a little Texas town.
He finished up and spent the most of next year bumming around.
[G] He couldn't find a job to hold.
So on a Friday night, [D] he figured he could see the world.
and buy a four-wheel drive if he [C] joined the Army.
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[G] These are [D] desperate times.
Well, he came back four years later, a little higher off the ground.
Things are hadn't changed and that just really got him down.
[G] So he went off to San Antonio, an hour to the east.
[D] Got a job of working for the San Antonio police.
Well, he [C] had a pistol now.
[G] These are [D] desperate times.
Well, Jackie, he got married.
But as the end say, it wouldn't mean.
His wife worked at the Texas Commerce Bank just up the street.
[G] Well, Jackie got an idea to get him out of debt.
[D] and make him live the good life and drive a new Corvette.
if he'd [C] rob the bank, he said.
[G] These are [D] desperate times.
[G] Well, he had planned the whole thing while his baby worked.
[D] He came in after hours in a black ski mask and shirt.
[G] She told him where the money was and that's just where he went.
[D] The minute that he saw it, he already had it.
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Well, it [C] wasn't easy.
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[G] But these are [D] desperate times.
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Well, he drove off to Bandera,.
because that was his hometown.
He had it in his mind just where he lay that money down.
[G] He went out to his mom's house and Jack went up the hill.
[D] to bury that old suitcase full of hundred dollar bills.
Well, he [C] let it sit a while.
[G] This is a [D] desperate time.
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[G] Well, they call the G-men.
because they were insured by the Fed.
[D] And she rolled on Jack because she was in above her head.
[G] The G-men gave Jack wind of this when they made his arrest.
[D] And he asked her why she turned on the one that she loved best.
Well, it [C] wasn't easy, Jack.
[G] These are [D] desperate times.
Yeah, ain't that what [C] she always said?.
[G] These are [D] desperate times.
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