Welfare Line chords by The Highwaymen

Welfare Line - Highwaymen
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: prime-prine@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Artist: The Highwaymen
Album: Highwayman
Year: 1985

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


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



Chorus:

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



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


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



(Repeat Chorus)


Break:

D



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