Desperate Times

D
Jack he went to high school in a 
little Texas town
He finished up and spent most of the
 next year bumming round
G
He couldn't find  job to hold  so on
 a Friday night
D
He figured he could see the world 
and buy a four wheel drive
                 C
If he joined the Army
G                         D
Cause these are desperate times
D
Well he came back four years later a
 little higher off the ground
Things there hadn't changes and that
 just really got him down
G
So he went of to San Antone an hour 
to the east
D
And got a job working for the San 
Antone police
         C
He had a pistol now
G                   D
These are desperate times
D
Old Jackie he got married but his 
ends just wouldn't meet

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His wife worked at the Texas 
Commerce Bank just up the street
G
Jack he got an idea to get him out 
of debt
D
And they could live a good life and 
drive a new corvette
                 C
If he robbed the bank he said
G                   D
These are desperate times
G
He had planned the whole thing and 
while his baby worked
D
He came in after hours in a black 
ski mask and shirt
G
She'd told him where the money was 
and that's just where he went
    D
The minute that he saw it he already
 had it spent
               C
Well it wasn't easy
G                       D
But these are desperate times

D
He drove off to Bandera that was his
 home town

He had it in his mind just where 
he'd lay that money down
G
He went out to his mom's house Jack 
went up the hill
D
To bury that old suitcase full of 
hundred dollar bills
            C
He'd let it sit a while
G                         D
Cause these are desperate times
G
The bank they called the g men cause
 they were insured by the fed
D
Jill she rolled on Jack cause she 
was in above her head
G
The g men gave Jack wind of this 
when they made his arrest
D
He asked her why she turned on the 
one that she loved best
               C            G
Well it wasn't easy Jack
G                   D
These are desperate times
                        C
Yea ain't that what you always said
G                   D
These are desperate times