The Very Thing That Makes You Rich Chords by Ry Cooder

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[F#] _ _ My [C#m] father told me, [G#m] lying on his [C#] bed of death, _ [C#m] _ _ _ boy says woman, _ _ [C#] she's gonna make it, [G#m] don't
screw yourself, _ [G#] mm, _ _ [C#m] cause she's got something to make a man, _
[F#] lay that money _ right in her
hand, the [E] very thing that makes [B] her [F#] rich will make [C#m] you poor, _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [F#] the very [C#m] thing that [G#] makes her
rich will [C#m] make you poor, _ _ that's [G#m] right, _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ [G#] _ [E] _
[C#m] _ _ [G#m] well I [C#] put you behind the wheel of the [D#] two center
[E] quarter, [C#m] yes I did, [B] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [Fm] _ [C#m] had you living [C#] like a rich man's daughter, yes [G#] I did, I told you, while
[C#m] you were living _ town home, you [F#] had me down half, scuffing like a dog, well [E] the very thing that
[B] made you [F#] rich made [C#m] me poor, _ [G#m] _ [F#] _ _ the very thing that made [C#m] you [G#] rich made [C#m] me poor,
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[C#m] _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ [G#] _ [B] _ [C#m] _
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[G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _
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[F#] _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [A#] _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ [C#] _
never [G#m] ever made such a [C#] bad mistake, _ [B] _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ [C#m] I'd rather climb up into the bed with [G#m] a rattlesnake,
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] than to work hard at everything, _ bringing [F#] that woman home with my pay,
[E] the very thing that makes [B] you [F#] rich makes [C#m] me poor,
so _ [F#] damn poor, the _ _ [E] _ [G#] _ _ very [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] thing that makes [B] you rich [F#] makes [C#m] me poor,
[F#] The _ very thing that I'm made of, [G#] makes me _ _ _ [C#m] _
poor.
[B] _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] Makes me so damn [F#] poor.
[E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] [C#m] Money won't change [B] it.
[F#] No, [C#m] no.
Money won't change it.
No, [F#] no.
[G#] Money [F#] won't change [C#] it.
[F#] No, no.
[C#m] Money won't [B] change it. No, [F#] _ _ [B] no.
Money [C#m] won't change it.
[F#] No, no.
_ [F#] Money won't change [C#m] it.
[F#] No, no.
[C#] _ Money won't change [B] it.
[F#] No, no.
[C#m] _ Money won't change it.
[B] No, [C#] no.
[C#m] Money won't change it.
[B] No, [C#m] no.
_ Money won't change it.
[F#] No, no.
[C#m] _ _ Money won't change it.
You're a fucking [B] [C#m] asshole!
_ You're a fucking piece of shit!
You're a fucking [F#] asshole!
You're [C#m] a fucking piece of shit!
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_ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [N] _ _