C Am Credit complications in the checkout lineC Am Its an awkward situation almost every timeF G C G They keep your card behind and they keep your groceries too, yeah they doAm G You try telling everybody it's a terrible mistakeC F But you can tell they don't believe that's trueC G C They see it all over you when you're brokeC Am I hung my head down as I walked out the doorC Am I'm never ever going back to that storeF They treated me like a bum in front ofG C G everyone behind me in lineAm It was all my friends and neighborsG looking at meC F Like I committed some kind of crimeC G I guess you ain't worth a dime when yourContinues after the adC broke [Chorus]F C Now if I had money like I did in my dayF C Just out of spite I think I'd give it awayF C I thought it didn't even matter anyway andD G And the more I thought the madder I gotC Am Time I got home, I was seein' redC Am I pulled a gun up out from under my bedF G I put a sock on my head and into theC G night I flew, away I flewAm G The next thing you know I had blood on my handsC F But I had money in my pockets tooC G You never know what you'll do untilC you're broke [Chorus 2]F C Now if I had money like i did in my dayF C I'd buy a car and drive us far awayF C I guess you know i have this debt to payD G To society, honey wait for meC Am With good behavior I'll be out in seven yearsC Am Don't worry over me or shed any tearsF G C G I learned a lot in here and I know what a chance I blew, chance I blewAm G The next time I won’t make the same mistakeC F I'll shoot the camera out tooC G C I'm learning all kinds of things you can do when you're broke
Broke
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