Dr Hook - "Let The Loose End Drag" Chords

[Abm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
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_ _ Just a little old boy about 12 years old, working on my [E] daddy's farm.
_ Gotta help him build that old chicken coop, _ gotta help him paint [A] the barn.
_ I was carrying a load about twice my size, not quite [D] enough to grab. _
_ [E] Mama just smiled and looked at me and said, hey son let the loosing [A] [Bb] drag.
[B] _
[Db] _ [D] Son let the loosing drag, _ _
[A] son let the loosing drag. _ _
[E] Mama just smiled and looked at me and said, _ son let the loosing [A] drag. _ _
_ _ Then I got to be a man, I started making plans, to get me all that [E] love that I can.
_ I was sitting in a bar, getting pretty far with a honey on my [A] right hand.
In up step to stud he was looking for blood, cause the lady didn't come [D] in style. _
When [E] you're caught in the middle you can bet your life that it'll be, honey let the [A] loosing [Bb] drag.
[B] _
[Db] _ [D] Honey let the loosing drag, _ _
[A] honey let the loosing drag. _
[E] When you're caught in the middle you can bet your life that it'll be, honey let the loosing [A] drag. _ _
Now _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ my life is almost done, everyday I tell my [Am] son, the words my daddy handed down [E] to [Bm] me.
[E] You gotta hang on very tight, do the things you know [Bm] right, [E] let the bad guy nightly [Gb] things [A] be. _
When the devil calls your name and he says he won the game and you know there ain't no [D] turning back.
[E] When he says you're gonna die you just spit right in his eye, go and let the [Fm] loosing [A] [Bb] drag.
[B] _ [Am]
[D] Honey go and let the loosing drag, _ [A]
honey go and let the loosing drag.
_ [E] When he says you're gonna die you just spit right in his eye, go and [Am] let the loosing drag.
_ [A] [D] Honey go and let the loosing [A] drag, honey go and let the loosing drag.
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_ [B] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [D] _ _ _