Chords for Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson: Stuff That Works

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_ I'm not sure if I [F] can remember how I gave her [F#m] shoes.
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[A] I know I can't remember.
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_ _ _ _ [G] Alright, alright, just settle [N] down. _ _ _ _ _ _
I might have something in my hand. _
_ _ However, somebody did ask me a song which I have to sing to her now and it's like _ _ _
stuff that works.
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A [B] song I wrote with my good friend Robbie Crowell.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I've got an old [F] pair of boots and they fit just right.
_ _ _ _ I could work all day, I can [C] dance all night.
_ _ _ _ _ Got an old used [G] car and it runs just like [C] it talks. _
_ _ _ _ But it's a feeling it [G] ain't ever gonna [C] stop. _
_ _ _ Stuff [F] that works, _ _ _ stuff [C] that holds up.
The _ _ _ kind of stuff [G] you don't hang [C] on the wall.
_ _ _ Stuff [F] that's real, _ _ _ _ stuff you [C] feel.
_ _ _ _ _ The kind of stuff [G] you reach for when you [C] fall. _
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_ _ _ I got a pretty good friend who's seen me at my worst.
_ _ _ He can't tell if I'm [F] a blessing [C] or a curse.
_ _ _ _ But he always shows [F] up when the chips [C] are down. _
_ [G] _ _ And that's the kind of stuff [G] I like to be [C] around. _ _
_ _ _ Stuff [F] that works, _ _ _ _ stuff [C] that holds up.
_ _ _ _ The kind of stuff [G] you don't hang on the wall. _
_ _ _ [C] Stuff [F] that's real, _ _ _ _ stuff [C] you feel.
The _ _ _ kind of stuff you [G] reach for when you [C] fall. _
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_ _ _ _ Got a woman I love and she's [F] crazy and paints [C] like God.
_ _ _ _ [G] She's got a playground sense [F] of justice she won't [D#] take [C] odds. _
_ _ _ [G] I [C] got a tattoo with her [F] name right through [C] my soul. _
_ _ _ I think everything [G] she touches turns to gold. _
[C] _ _ _ Stuff [F] that works, _ _ _ stuff that [C] holds up.
_ _ _ _ The kind of stuff [G] you don't hang [C] on the wall.
_ _ _ Stuff [F] that's real, _ _ _ _ [C] stuff you feel.
_ _ _ _ The kind of stuff you reach for when [G] you fall.
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