Chords for Townes Van Zandt - No Deal - 1993
Tempo:
144 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
Abm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Well, this song is called no deal and play this for a while you'll see why
Well this man down at the used car lot
a trunk.
no engine
[E] junk.
to go [A] downhill.
plainly see
you're headed in
Well this man down at the used car lot
a trunk.
no engine
[E] junk.
to go [A] downhill.
plainly see
you're headed in
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E
B
A
Abm
E
B
A
Abm
_ Well, this song is called no deal and play this for a while _ _ _ you'll see why
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well this man down at the used car lot
_ [B] Try to sell me four wheels in a trunk.
_ _ I said man, there ain't no engine
_ _ He said engine just a bunch of [E] junk.
_ _ You don't need no engine to go [A] downhill.
_ I
can plainly see
_ _ _ [B] That's the direction you're headed in
Then he handed me [E] the keys I said
_ Oh _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ no _ _ _ _ _
deal
_ Hated back to _ [E] Tennessee _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, I went to a doctor of the highest order.
_ [B] _
He said I couldn't have a drink for a year _ _
One glass of wine on my birthday _
If my birthday wasn't too very near
[E] _ _ _
_ _ _ Well, he must have put me in a state of shock _ [A] I made it for about two weeks
_ _ [B] And he sent me a bill that knocked me flat off the wagon and back down [E] on my
_ _ There's no _ _
_ _ _ Can't sell that stuff to [B] me.
_ Oh no _ _ _
_ _ Hate it back to Tennessee
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
But when true love knocked upon my door, she [B] _ just barely turned 16 _ _
_ I was a little bit nervous _
If you know just what I mean
_ [E] _ _ But I'd heard somewhere that true love conquers [A] all I figured that was that _ _
[Abm] And I started having dreams about being [E] chased out of town wearing nothing but my cowboy hat _ _
_ No
_ _ _ _ [A]
Can't still ask
_ [B] _ _ _
Oh no
_ the _
Hate it back to [E] Tennessee _ _ _
_ _ Well, I come through this life a stumbler friends I
[B] _ _ Expect to die that way
_ _ _ Could be 20 years from now
_ Could be most any day
[E] _ _ _ _ But if there ain't no whiskey and women Lord
[A] _ Behind them heavenly doors.
_ I want [B] to take my chances down below _ _ that you can be [E] sure
_ Let's go Oh _ _
_ _ _ [A] Can't sell that stuff to [B] me.
Oh no _ _ _
_ _ Hate it back to _ [E]
Tennessee
_ first no _ _
_ _ [A] Please still ask [B] to me.
Oh no _ _ _
_ _ Hate it back to Tennessee _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thanks again [N] everybody _ _ _ _
Thank you very much _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well this man down at the used car lot
_ [B] Try to sell me four wheels in a trunk.
_ _ I said man, there ain't no engine
_ _ He said engine just a bunch of [E] junk.
_ _ You don't need no engine to go [A] downhill.
_ I
can plainly see
_ _ _ [B] That's the direction you're headed in
Then he handed me [E] the keys I said
_ Oh _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ no _ _ _ _ _
deal
_ Hated back to _ [E] Tennessee _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, I went to a doctor of the highest order.
_ [B] _
He said I couldn't have a drink for a year _ _
One glass of wine on my birthday _
If my birthday wasn't too very near
[E] _ _ _
_ _ _ Well, he must have put me in a state of shock _ [A] I made it for about two weeks
_ _ [B] And he sent me a bill that knocked me flat off the wagon and back down [E] on my
_ _ There's no _ _
_ _ _ Can't sell that stuff to [B] me.
_ Oh no _ _ _
_ _ Hate it back to Tennessee
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
But when true love knocked upon my door, she [B] _ just barely turned 16 _ _
_ I was a little bit nervous _
If you know just what I mean
_ [E] _ _ But I'd heard somewhere that true love conquers [A] all I figured that was that _ _
[Abm] And I started having dreams about being [E] chased out of town wearing nothing but my cowboy hat _ _
_ No
_ _ _ _ [A]
Can't still ask
_ [B] _ _ _
Oh no
_ the _
Hate it back to [E] Tennessee _ _ _
_ _ Well, I come through this life a stumbler friends I
[B] _ _ Expect to die that way
_ _ _ Could be 20 years from now
_ Could be most any day
[E] _ _ _ _ But if there ain't no whiskey and women Lord
[A] _ Behind them heavenly doors.
_ I want [B] to take my chances down below _ _ that you can be [E] sure
_ Let's go Oh _ _
_ _ _ [A] Can't sell that stuff to [B] me.
Oh no _ _ _
_ _ Hate it back to _ [E]
Tennessee
_ first no _ _
_ _ [A] Please still ask [B] to me.
Oh no _ _ _
_ _ Hate it back to Tennessee _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thanks again [N] everybody _ _ _ _
Thank you very much _ _ _ _ _