Drunken Barbers Hand chords by Slaid Cleaves

Chords with lyrics

verse 1
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Three scruples to a dram boys
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Eight drams to an ounce
DmDm           A minorAm
Two cups will get you a pint now
    E7E7
And the first one?s on the house

verse 2
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The drunkard craves just another
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Blind man blames the eye
DmDm           A minorAm
The poor man dreams of riches
   E7E7       A minorAm
And a martyr prays to die

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I don't need to read the papers
DmDm
Or the tea leaves to understand
A minorAm
That this world's been shaved
E minorEm          A minorAm
By a drunken barber's hand

verse 3
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I've drowned in the pull of young love
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Known the high and the hurt
DmDm           A minorAm
I've felt the heartbeat quicken
    E7E7
At the sight of a lifted skirt

verse 4
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I've thrilled to the big sound
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Felt the rumble and the roar
DmDm             A minorAm
Drove straight through the blackest night
   E7E7      A minorAm
In a chase forevermore

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I don't need to read the papers
DmDm
Or the tea leaves to understand
A minorAm
That this world's been shaved
E minorEm          A minorAm
By a drunken barber's hand

Bridge
DmDm
I rode ten thousand miles
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On a carousel horse of wood
DmDm
We end up where we started
E minorEm
Get right back on if we could

Verse 5
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So go ahead make your confession
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To a washed up whiskey priest
DmDm          A minorAm
I'll be puttin' money down
    E7E7         A minorAm
On the rough and slouching beast

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'Cause I don't need to read the papers
DmDm
Or the tea leaves to understand
A minorAm
That this world's been shaved
E minorEm          A minorAm
By a drunken barber's hand

A minorAm
I don't need to read the papers
DmDm
Or the tea leaves to understand
A minorAm
That this world's been shaved
E minorEm          A minorAm
By a drunken barber's hand