Welfare Line chords by The Highwaymen

Chords with lyrics

Welfare Line - Highwaymen
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard

Artist: The Highwaymen
Album: Highwayman
Year: 1985


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Well, now boys, I've been to Bethlehem.
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Rode there on a big steam train.
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Lost two fingers in the steel mills.
   D MajorD
And I ain't goin' back again.

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I fought for my country,
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Lord knows, I did my best.
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Crawlin' 'cross some foreign field,
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They pinned a ribbon to my chest.


Chorus:

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So, pass around the bottle, boys,
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Let's talk about old times.
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Night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin,
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Here on the welfare line.


D MajorD
Served on the Georgia Road Gang.
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Couldn't pay the debts I owed.
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'Cause I'm ain't made of silver,
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And I ain't never seen no gold.

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I still remember Rachael,
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Soft as a velvet gown.
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They layed her in the pauper's grave,
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On the other side of town.


(Repeat Chorus)


Break:

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  D MajorD
Now some folks are born to money,
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You know I wish them well.
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If the devil should ever want my soul,
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I swear I'd never sell.