You Can't Win

Verse One:
G          D        C           D
It doesn't start it just begins
G      D         C             D
With a gun and a liquor store
G          D       C            D
Like every thief I know I can't win
C                              D
Just don't know when or where
G          D      C         D
I pulled a job in Tennessee
G        D           C          D
A little bank with a big score
G      D       C        D      
Shot a guy who didn't believe, 
C                      D
he never had a prayer

chorus:
C        D               G
If I get caught, I don't mind
C           D                     
I stole the money, nearly lost my 
G
mind
C            D                 Em
I can't take back the things I did
C                D               
You can play the game but you 
   G
can't win

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Verse Two:
G         D     C          D G
Me and my wife, Barbara Jean 
         D          C    D
went on a spree in Nevada
G             D                C
Man she could drive, she could 
                  D
go like the breeze
C                       D
She got us outta there
G      D            C      D G
Headed south to New Orleans, 
            D            C      D
she couldn't live like an outlaw
G        D        C         D   
Said goodbye on a tropical 
  C                       D
beach, sun in her pretty hair

Chorus:
C        D               G
If I get caught, I don't mind
C           D                     
I stole the money, nearly lost my 
G
mind
C            D                 Em
I can't take back the things I did
C                D               
You can play the game but you 
   G
can't win

Instrumental (like a verse)

Verse Three:
G           D          C        
Prisons are built with stones of
      D
 law
G             D           C       D
Brothels with bricks of religion
G            D          C       
I've been in both and I know 
    D
that I saw
C                     D
God answer a sinner's prayers
G           D       C          D
We played a game we couldn't win
 G      D          C      D
 to the end to the utmost
G         D             C       
We took a chance, threw caution 
       D
to the wind,
C                D
We simply didn't care

Chorus:
C        D               G
If I get caught, I don't mind
C           D                     
I stole the money, nearly lost my 
G
mind
C            D                 Em
I can't take back the things I did
C                D               
You can play the game but you 
   G
can't win
C                D               
You can play the game but you 
   G
can't win