Chords for "Desert Rat" by Michael Martin Murphy

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_ She _ [Am] sits on [D] the front porch, [Am] the old house [D] that stands scorched,
[Am] Under [D] the sunstroke [Am] of a desert [D] day that choked
[F] Her old man [C] who fell in [G] the sun.
_ _ _ [Am] With rattlesnakes [D] and keepsakes, [Am] old boxes [D] of cornflakes,
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Gramophones [D] and gemstones, [Am] three [D] unclaimed door frames,
[F] And bleached bones [C] and rocks [G] by the time.
_ _ _ Goodbye [D] old desert rat, [C] you half [G]-crazy wild cat,
[C] You knew [G] where it was at, [A] what life's all [D] about. _ _ _
[C] You severed [Em] _
catalogs, [C] king [G] of the prairie dogs,
[C] Success is [G] survival, and you [F] toughed it out,
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_ You [G] toughed it _ _ out. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Am] You old [D] loudmouth rock hound, [Am] you kept the [D] kids spellbound,
[Am] Half [D]-crazy and sunbaked, [Am] you earned your [D] own grub stake,
[F] By breaking [C] your back all [G] day long.
_ _ _ [Am] Junk art, [D] dump carts, [Am] old model [D] T-parts,
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Frustrated, [D] outdated, _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ uneducated,
[F] At 80 [C] you still wrote [G] good songs.
_ _ [D] So goodbye old desert rat, [C] you half-crazy [G] wild cat,
[C] You knew [G] where it was at, [A] what life's all [D] about. _ _
All [C] you savers of [Em] homework [C] catalogs, kings of [G] the prairie dogs,
[C] Success is [G] survival, _ [Dm] we'll all tough [A] it [F]
out,
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Yes, we'll all tough it [G] _
out.
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