Chords for JERRY REED.mpg

There you go!
_ I need my part.
_ I don't know my part.
No, we rehearsed it.
I need you.
Now, when I call for you, I want you to come in here and sing the choral part [C] with me.
I'll learn.
I'll be [E] here.
Don't [C] go far.
This is a [F] word song, so listen closely [C] to the word. _ _
It's called, There's Better Things in Life, and there's a story in there for all of us. _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, last night I slept [F] in a hobo camp [E] down south of [A] Cairo, Georgia,
[D] about five miles [G] out of town by the [C] railroad track.
_ _ [G] Well, I ate their stew and [F] I drunk their brew and [E] I smoked their stale [A] tobacco.
I [D] stood up to their open fire and I warmed [G] my back.
Now, in the meantime, me and this one particular [E] hobo, we struck up a conversation.
And [D] I'm sure he must [G] have noticed my [C] surprise when [G] he told me how his old man [F] died and left him [E] so lad to a million [A] dollars
and [D] how he gave it all away and he chose a [G] hobo's life.
Because, he says, son, there's better things [A] in life.
_ Oh, well, [D] there's some things gold [G] and silver just [C] can't buy.
He said, boy, I'd rather sleep here on this dry creek bed.
I'm ready any time.
Not yet, not yet.
I'd rather sleep here on this dry creek bed [G] with a wrangle of old [A] Bacotia pill in my head
[D] than fight that living high up on a hog [G] trying to keep a head till my head's in a [C] fog.
Son, [F] there's better things [E] in life than growing [A] ulcers over [D] money.
[G] There's better things [G] in life.
Come in here, Cora.
We're all gonna sing [C] now.
La, da, da, da, da, da, da.
[A] La, da, da, da, da, da, da, [D] da.
[G] La, da, da, da, [C] da, da, da.
_ Here we go.
La, da, da, da, da, da, da, da.
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ Wait in your room, please.
What are you doing?
Wait in your room. _ _
_ _ _ _ Listen closely.
This is the important verse.
_ Well, I left Georgia.
[F] Got me a job [E] in Opelika, [A] Alabama.
Working for a man who drove [G] me hard and paid [C] me cheap.
Yes, he [D] did.
[C] Well, I watched this poor [F] fool work so hard [E] trying to make that almighty [A] dollar that he
[D] had to live on pills from a drugstore down [G] the street.
_ I like [C] last spring, when [F] income tax came due, [E] he just sat around for days [A] and he worried.
[D] Losing good sleep trying to [G] figure out how to cheat on the [C] government.
Yes, he [A] did.
He worked so [C] hard that his nerves [F] collapsed and he woke up [E] inside Central State [A] Hospital.
[D] And on his taxes, he saved $14 [G] and some few cents.
[C] Let me tell you, friends, there's better things [A] in life.
Oh, [D] well, there's something [G] gold and silver just [C] can't buy.
[D] Because [C] now he's laying there flat on his back on a bed, nerves all [A] shot and he's out
of his head.
[D] That hospital bed, that'll make him holler.
[G] When he sees what he spent trying to save himself a [C] dollar.
[F] Son, there's better things [E] in life than growing scurrily [D] over money.
[G] There's better things [C] in life.
Come here, horse.
[D] One more time.
[C] La la la la la la [A]
la la la _ [G] la la la [C] _
[C] la la la la la la la la [N] la la la la la la la la la
Well, I'm going to my room.
I'm leaving.