Re-Enlistment Blues Chords by Merle Travis

_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
My hitch was up Monday, [A] not a [E] dog soldier no more.
I ain't a soldier no more. _
[A] They gave me [E] all that money
[A] So [Em] much my pockets is [E] sore.
Oh my pockets is sore.
[F] _
[F#m] More dough than I can use.
[A] _ [F] Read [E] Less Munt Blue. _ _ _ _ _
Took my dough to town Tuesday.
[A] Found me a [E] big feather bed.
_ Yes a big feather bed. _
[A] I'll find a job [A] tomorrow.
Tonight I sleep [E] like I'm dead.
I'm gonna sleep like I'm dead.
[Fm] _
[F#] And get up when [C#] I choose.
[A] [E] Read Less Munt Blue. _ _ _ _ _ _
I hit the bars Wednesday.
[A] Made me some friends on my own.
A lot of friends on my own. _
_ [A] Found a [E] pretty baby.
[A] She couldn't leave me [E] alone.
Oh leave me alone.
[F] _
[F#] She kept me [B] buying booze.
[A] _ [E] Read Less Munt Blue.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _
Had the misery on Thursday.
[A] The walls was moving [Em] I swear.
They was [A] moving I swear.
[E] _
[A] I reached down in my trousers.
_ [Am] And all my [E] pockets was bare.
_ Nothing was there. _
[F#m] That gal was sure of [D#] bad news.
[A] _ [E] Read Less Munt Blue. _ _ _ _ _
Went back around Friday.
[A] _ Asked for a free [E] glass of beer.
Give me one little beer. _
[A] That gal [E] forgot to know me.
She [A] just said [E] no credit here.
No credit here. _
[F#] Did I give her a [A] bruise?
Read [E]
Less Munt Blue. _ _ _ _ _
That jail was cold [A] Saturday.
Just like the [E] people in town.
Other people in town. _
[A] They ain't got time to know you.
Just time to [E] bring you way down.
They'll bring you way down. _
[F#m] Just one thing [B] left to choose.
[A] _ [E] Read Less Munt Blue. _ _ _ _ _
[A] Short [E] timers I tell [A] you.
Don't [B] you get [E] throwed in a can.
Don't get throwed in a can. _
_ [A] You might as well be [E] dead.
Or be a 30 year man.
Be a 30 year man. _
_ [F#] Gal [B] always seem to [A] lose.
[F#] Read [E] Less Munt Blue.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [F#m] Recruiting crews give me the [A] blues.
[E] Read Less Munt Blue.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _