Chords for Jerry Reed - There's Better Things in Life

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[F] [Eb] Last night I [Ab] slept in a hobo [G] camp down south of [C] K-Road, Georgia,
[F] about five [Bb] miles out of town by [Eb] the railroad [C] track.
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[Bb] [Eb] Well, I ate their [Ab] stew, I drunk their [G] brew, and I smoked their [C] stale tobacco.
[F] I stood up to their open fire and I [Bb] warmed my back.
And in the [Eb] meantime me and this [Ab] one particular hobo [G] struck up a [C] conversation.
[F] And I'm sure he [Bb] must have noticed my [Eb] [C] surprise.
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[Bb] And he [Eb] told me how his [Ab] old man died and left [G] him so left to a [Cm] million dollars.
[F] How he gave it all away and he chose a [Bb] hobo's life.
[D] Because he [Eb] said, son, there's better [C] things in life.
[F] Well, there's some things [Bb] gold and silver just [Eb] came [C] by.
[F]
[Bb] He said, [Eb] boy, I'd rather sleep here on a track creek bed with a [Gm] wrinkled elbow
[C] but close to the tail of my [F] head than fight that living high up on a [Bb] horse
trying to keep a head from the heads in the [Eb] fog.
[Ab] Son, there's better things [G] in life than [Cm] growing losses [F] over money.
[Bb] There's better things [Eb] in [C] life.
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[Bb] Than sleeping [Eb] through a haystack _ [Db] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [C] [F] and [Bb] sleeping out [Eb] to a haystack.
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Well, I left Georgia, [Ab] got me a job [G] in Oberlake, [Gm] Alabama.
Working [F] for a man who told [Bb] me hard and it paid [Eb] me cheap.
[C] Yes, it did.
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[Bb] [Eb] Well, I watched [Ab] this poor fool work so hard [G] trying to make that [C] almighty dollar
that he had [F] to live on pills from a drugstore down [Fm] the street.
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Not like [Eb] last spring when income [Ab] tax came due.
[G] He just sat around for [C] days in worry.
Losing [F] good sleep trying to figure [Bb] out how to cheat on the [Eb] government.
[C] Yes, he did.
[F] He worked [Bb] so hard [Eb] that his nerves collapsed [Ab] and he woke up [G] inside [Eb] Central State Hospital.
And on his [F] taxes, he got back $14.00 and some [Bb] few cents.
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So let me tell [Eb] you, old friend, there's better [C] things in life
than [F] some things [Bb] gold and silver just [Eb] came [C] by.
[F]
[Bb] Of course, [Eb] now he's laying there flat on his back on the bed.
His nerves all [C] shot and he's out of his head.
[F] That hospital bill, that'll make him holler.
[Bb] When he sees what he spent trying to save himself a [Eb] dollar.
[Ab] Son, there's better [G] things in life than [C] growing swivel early [F] over money.
[Bb] There's better [Eb] things in [C] [F] life.
[Bb] Sing [Eb] to the _ _ [C] faith. _ _
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