Chords for $29.00

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_ _ [E] _ _ Little [D] black girl, _ _ [A] _ _ red [D] dress, _
[D#] _ _ [E] _ _ [G#m] hot night, [A] _
with [E] a broken shoe. _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [Em] Little black girl, _ [Cm] _ [A] _ _ [Fm] you should have never [F#] left [F] home.
_ _ [Bm] Probably [E]
someone _ still waiting [G#m] _ up for you.
_ _ _ [F#] _ [C#m] Go back [F#] in Chicago, _ _ [Bm] _ _ Los Angeles street is where [Em] all you got is [G] _
$29.
[A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ Now [B] look at you, _ _ _ [E] _ see that [D] vulture in the free world,
[A] _ _ _ _
[D] chartreuse hood, _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G#]
trying to get your [C#] bearings.
[B] _ Say, hey [A] baby, which way is the [C#m] main stem?
[Em] _ _
Wherever [A] you say you're from, _ _ say you grew up there [F#m] and said
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Come on, [G] make you feel [D#] like you grew up right next [E] door to him.
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Back left on Central, _ _ [B] _
going forward and reverse.
_ All you [E] got is _ [A] $29, _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] alligator pants.
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Come [D] on, slack a tent, _ [A] _ _
[Em] maybe you're going to be a little shy.
[A#m] _ [E] Say your ex [D] old man [E] was a sax player, he says, baby [F#] I used to play [E] bass with Sly.
_ [Am] _ _
_ [A] Say you like [D#] his Cadillac, _ [F#m] _
[G] he says, honey I got [F#] two or three.
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_ _ Sweetheart, you're so fortunate that you [D#] ran [E] into me.
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Got a dime in the joint, _ _ _ [B] _
and nothing could be worse.
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_ _ [A] _ _ $29 [E] alligator price, [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] payroll on the E-truck.
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[C#] I'm smoking [D] little _ _ [E] booze, _ _ [C#m] thinking getting out of [E] Chicago is just about the best thing that's ever happened to you.
[Em] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _
_ [D] Starting to like it [Em] already, _ [A] _ _
Scott [F#] seems to be cool.
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Baby, I know a good hotel out in West [G#m] Hollywood, _
[B] just [E] right for you.
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Ain't no guts to marry you, [B] _
you're going to make sure it's reimbursed.
[E] Got more than _ [A] $29, _ _ _ [E] _
alligator [B] pants.
_ _ _ [E] No.
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And when the [D] streets get hungry, baby, _ [F#m] _ _
you [C#] almost [G] hear them growl.
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_ [D] _ [C#] Someone's setting a place for [F] you [Em] when the _ door's being [E] hauled.
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_ [C#] And the [B] streets are dead, _ _ [A] they [G] keep up with whatever's left on the [C] board.
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And them suckers always make mistakes, and they're far away from home.
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_ And chicken in the pot, _ [A#] _ _
[B] whoever gets there first [B] is going to [E] get themselves [Em] a [A] $29 _ _ _ _
[E] alligator [G] purse.
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And the sirens [D] in that [E] block, _ _
[A] _ the cops here [G] always get there too late. _
_ Always [D] stop for coffee, [E] wonder where they'll see the crime.
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_ [C#] Always [A] try so hard, [Em] _ _ _
[A] _ [C#] just like a movie star.
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_ Couldn't catch a cold, [Bm] but [G#m] don't waste [E] your time.
_ [G#m] _ _ [F#] _
_ Lucky to be alive, _ [G] _ _
like to whisper to the nurse.
[F#] She [E] only lost half a pound of blood, [A] _ $29, _ [E] _
alligator [B] pants.
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