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C Am Credit complications in the checkout line
C Am Its an awkward situation almost every time
F G C G They keep your card behind and they keep your groceries too, yeah they do
Am G You try telling everybody it's a terrible mistake
C F But you can tell they don't believe that's true
C G C They see it all over you when you're broke
C Am I hung my head down as I walked out the door
C Am I'm never ever going back to that store
F They treated me like a bum in front of
G C G everyone behind me in line
Am It was all my friends and neighbors
G looking at me
C F Like I committed some kind of crime
C G I guess you ain't worth a dime when your
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C broke [Chorus]
F C Now if I had money like I did in my day
F C Just out of spite I think I'd give it away
F C I thought it didn't even matter anyway and
D G And the more I thought the madder I got
C Am Time I got home, I was seein' red
C Am I pulled a gun up out from under my bed
F G I put a sock on my head and into the
C G night I flew, away I flew
Am G The next thing you know I had blood on my hands
C F But I had money in my pockets too
C G You never know what you'll do until
C you're broke [Chorus 2]
F C Now if I had money like i did in my day
F C I'd buy a car and drive us far away
F C I guess you know i have this debt to pay
D G To society, honey wait for me
C Am With good behavior I'll be out in seven years
C Am Don't worry over me or shed any tears
F G C G I learned a lot in here and I know what a chance I blew, chance I blew
Am G The next time I won’t make the same mistake
C F I'll shoot the camera out too
C G C I'm learning all kinds of things you can do when you're broke
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