Chords for Tom T. Hall "Ode To A Half A Pound Of Ground Round"

_ _ _ _ _ This is the song about the time I nearly starved to death in Roanoke, Virginia. _ _
[A] _ [B] _ _ _ [E] I woke up Wednesday morning in [A] my little motel bed
[B] Knowing I would die the minute [A] that I moved [E] my head
I felt around to make sure I was [A] in my bed alone
[B] I meet some friendly people [E] when I'm stoned
_ Our [B] payday was on Friday, I [A] had two whole [E] days to go
_ [B] Even in my agony [A] I knew that I [B] would grow
_ _ [E] Let me pay the check I [A] said and keep the change my friend
[B] She wiggled out of sight with my [E] last ten
_ At noon I realized there [A] wasn't any way to eat
[B] For lunch I just went out and [A] shuffled up and down [E] the street
At four o'clock I had a [A] funny feeling in my chest
[B] How long to take to starve a [E] man to death?
_ I found some pennies in my [A] junk and bought a [E] candy bar
_ [B] Divided it in pieces and [A] I ate one [B] every hour
I [E] just rolled into town and didn't [A] know a single soul
[B] There wasn't any way [E] to make a loan
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] Thursday morning I was [Bb] nearly panicked on the job
My [C] stomach growling and [Bb] my head began [F] to froth
I contemplated murder and romp [Bb] the folks _
[C] The sudden smell of food wouldn't make me [F] jump _ _
[C] Thursday night they ran all [Bb] food commercials on [F] TV
[C] I slept till nine or ten and then [Bb] I walked the floor [C] to grieve
[F] Friday morning I looked for [Bb] some ketchup on my shirt
[C] My mind was gone, my legs [F] began to hurt
The last few minutes of the [Bb] paying time were all the worst
[C] The minutes were the years it [Bb] took to build the [F] universe
_ Finally it came, I got [Bb] my check and made a dash
[C] Yes, I said the man will eat it [F] last _ _
[C] Running down the sidewalk [Bb] I could see the [F] words so sweet
[C] The sign was flashing on and off, [Bb] E-E-E
_ [F] A half a pound of ground round, ma [Bb]'am, and please don't look long
[C] The sizzle of the grill [F] was like a song _
_ I've traveled this world over [Bb] and I ain't been hungry much
[C] I've been down in my thinking [Bb] and I've been down on my [F] luck
But the sweetest meal I've ever had in anybody's town
Was [C] a half a pound of plain ground [F] round _ _
_ [Bb] Ground _ _ [F] round _