Jerry Was A Clerk
Andy Shauf
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B F# Me and a couple friends, we had aEm big ideaC About getting money and getting outA of hereEm We were wide-eyed dreamers ofC wealthB F# We were getting tired of killingEm timeC Filling up our heads with cheapA wineEm Jerry had a van so we could makeC our escape [Chorus]C A7sus4 He would say, ‘boys our time hasA7 comeF Em To live among the privileged ones'Em7 C [Interlude]Am Am7 C Am [Verse]B F# Now it was Jerry’s plan but weEm all agreedC Skip town and split the money upA evenlyEm Lay low ’til the winter rolled inCB F# He said ‘I know an old farmerEm doesn't trust the bankC Keeps his money buried out behindA his water tankEm He told me once when he was out ofC his mind’Continues after the ad[Chorus]C A7sus4 A7 Oh, boys our time has comeF Em To live among the privileged onesEm7 C [Interlude]Am Am7 C Am [Verse]B F# Now Jerry had a girl, the onlyEm one of usC To ever have one last and so noA questions askedEm She’d be the fourth one involvedCB F# Her name was Mary-Anne and sheEm was nice enoughC A Always a cashier, only once in loveEm With Jerry - the dreamer and theC clerk [Chorus]C A7sus4 A7 Who said, ‘boys our time has comeF Em To live among the privileged ones’Em7 C [Interlude] Am Am7 C Am x2 [Verse]B F# So on that Friday night on whichEm we all agreedC A We took our shovels and crept out carefullyEm Through the farmyard darker thanC sinB F# The plan went off without a hitchEmC ’Til we passed the chicken coop andA Mary trippedEm Turned the hens to sirens in theC night [Chorus]C A7sus4 And when the farmhouse lightsA7 turned onF Em Em7 A warning shot rang out into theC dawn [Bridge]Am C And we ran like hell for Jerry’s vanAm But when we arrived we were onlyC threeAm And while Jerry’s greed fed gas toC the engineAm His words showed us a coward we’dC never seen [Chorus]C A7sus4 A7 As he said ‘Boys our time has comeF We're gonna save ourselves and liveEm among the privileged ones'