That'll Get You Ten chords
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INTRO: D C G D D C G C-G-D
D C
Just two years and seven days
G D
Between me and legal age
D C
Just one clerk in that liquor store
G D
Between me and that front door
A
My coat had deep pockets and he probably had a gunn
C G A7
Well I reckon he was watchin' 'cause he said son
N/C
That'll get you one
CHORUS:
D C G C G
One year pickin' up trash on the highway
D C G C G
One phone call to hear your mama's heart break
C G A7
If you think it's worth it don't let me stop you son
N/C D
'Cause that'll get you one
BREAK: D C G C-G-D
D C
She had a beer in her hand and she was comin' on strong
G D
And I was just this close to takin' her home
C
Things were lookin' good when we left that bar
G D
'Til she stopped and said that's my car
A
That's when I saw the sticker that said Franklin County High
C G A7
Well I didn't even kiss the girl goodbye
N/C
'Cause that'll get you five
CHORUS:
D C G C G
Five years bustin' up rocks on a chain gang
D C G C G
Poundin' and a-paintin' state plates in Sing Sing
C G A7
Wonderin' if I'm ever gonna make it out alive
D C G C G
And those tan legs might get me thinkin' 'bout a jailbreak
D C G C G
Askin' my mom to slip a file in a bunt cake
C G A7
Those bloodhounds'd probably haul me back in
N/C D
And that's another ten
BREAK (2x)
D C
Boss man climbin' down my back
G D
Won't cut me one inch of slack
D C
'Tween that steel beam and the ground below
G D
It'd be a nasty fall if the wind should blow
A
I don't see a witness, and we're up awful high
C G A7
If he should lose his balance he might not survive
N/C
But that'll get you life
CHORUS:
D C G C G
Pumpin' that iron with the boys on the cell block
D C G C G
Tyin' my soap to a rope so it don't drop
C G A7
'Til some old boy thinks my biceps look nice
D C G C G
Writin' to the governor and beggin' for a pardon
D C G C G
Thinkin' that's how Merle Haggard got started
C G A7
Swappin' ciagarettes for mama's apple pie
D C G C G
Lookin' thru the glass and talkin' to my lawyer
D C G C G
Memorizin' "Moby Dick" and "Tom Sawyer"
C G A7
Tellin' the parole board I've learned wrong from right
N/C D C G
Yeah that'll get you life
C-G-D D C G C-G-D
Yeah that'll get you life