Dust Bowl Chords by 10,000 Maniacs

[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] I should know [Em] to [C] _ _ [G] leave them home _
[Em] _ _ They follow [G] me through the store
[C] With these toys [G] I can't afford _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] Kids, take them back, you [C#] know
Better [C] than that
[Em] Dolls, they talk, [G] astronauts, TV games, airplanes
[C#] They don't understand, [C] and how can [G] I explain
I [Em] try and [G] try, but I [C] can't say
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F#m] Pennies, [Em] nickels, [G] dollars [C] slip away
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ I've [Em] tried and [G] tried, but I [C] can't say
_ _ _ [G] _
[Em] _ _ My [G] youngest girl _ [C] has bad [G] fever, sure _ _
[Em] _ _ All [G] night without alcohol [C] to cool and [G] rub her _ down
[Em] _ _ Ruby [G] and I try [C#] and get [C] some sleep
And that [E] in-doctor's [G]-fees to remedy _
_ [C#] With the cost [C] of three days' [G] work lost
I [Em] try and [G] try, but I [C] can't say
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] Pennies, _ [Em] nickels, dollars [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
slip away
I've tried [Em] and [G] tried, but I [C] can't say
_ _ _ [G]
The hole in my [Em] _ [G] pocketbook is _
[C] growing _ _ _ _ _ _
_ There's a new [D] wind blowing, they say
[G] It's gonna be a [Em] cold, cold one
[C] So brace yourselves, [D] my _ [G] darlings
It won't [D] bring [C] anything [G] much [C] our way
_ But more [Em] _
dustful days [Bm] I've made a kind
[C] _ _ In this [G] week's game _
[E] Took _ the [G] first and the last [C] letters
And three [G] of the names _
[Em] _ _ They're [G] _ slaughterees, _
[C#] they're building up [C] for weeks
[E] I could be lucky me [G] with a five million [C#] prize
Tears of _ [C] disbelief spilling out of my [G] _
_ eyes
[Em] I try and [G] try, but I [C] can't say
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ Pennies, [Em] _ nickels, [G] dollars [C] slip away
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ I've [Em] tried and [G] tried, but I [C] can't say
_ _ _ _ [G] _
The hole in [Em] my _ [G] pocketbook is _
[C] growing _ _ _ _ _ _
There's a new [D] wind blowing, they say
[G] It's gonna be a [Em] cold, cold one
[C] So brace yourselves, [D] my darlings
[G] It [D] won't bring [C] _ [G] anything much [C] our way
_ But more _
_ [E] dustful days _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _