A NICKEL AND A NAIL-O.V. WRIGHT {BACK BEAT 1971} Chords

_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [G] _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Had love and plenty of money, _ oh yes I did.
[D] _ [Em] Some way, _ _ [Am] somehow, _ [Em] Lord knows I failed, yes I did.
[Bm] _ [Am] Now all _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] in my pocket, _ Lord have mercy,
_ [C] _ All I could get [B] _ was a nipple and a nail.
_ I want to say one more time,
[C] _ All, _ [B] all I have is a nipple and a nail. _ _ _
[A] My [Em] friends, _ no, no, they just don't know,
Lord have mercy, _
_ [Am] They [Em] steal, down in, they think I'm doing swell,
But they don't know, _
_ [F#m] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Am] And I smile, [Em] and I jingle, _ yes I do. _
[C] Oh, you hear me jingling,
_ [B] With a nipple _ and a nail,
That's all it is. _
[C] Now a nipple _ _ _ _ _ [F] might save,
A bride you see, _
[G] But the deed,
For your sweet love, Is [Am] coming,
_ [B] Inside of me,
Oh, _ [Am] you said a long time ago,
[Em] You think you're thrilled and told,
I don't believe you,
You [Am] say, oh me,
I think you better hit,
Along some, [Em] along some, along some [B] trail,
I got to leave,
[Em] _ _
_ [Am] Oh baby, I'm wondering,
_ Don't _
_ [Em] _ _ believe a word, _ _
[C] Oh, I,
_ _ _ [B] _ _
Nipple and a nail,
That's all I have,
[Em] _ _
[C] Get sleepy,
_ [B] All I have baby,
Is a nipple [E] and a nail,
[Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ Nail won't speak, _
If I get in trouble,
_ If I get in jail, _
I won't have a,
_ Nipple my baby,
Oh, he _ left _ _ me with, _
_ _ You can't go too far, _
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