Alimony Chords & Lyrics - Bobby Bare

[INTRO G]

#1.
[G]Alimony, [D]alimony..[C]work till my fingers are
[A]bloody and bony.
[G]Me, oh, my, oh, [E]goodness sake, I'm [A]paying
for [D]my mis[G]take.[C] [D] [G]

#2.
[G]Alimony, I call it alimoney, [C]you married men
may [A]think it funny.
Till [G]one fine day you [E]awake, and find you're
[A]paying for [D]your mis[G]take.[Bm] [Em]

[BRIDGE]
[D]Every Friday when I [G]get my [D]pay, I put in an
I [D]put it in an envelope and [G]mail it a[Em]way.
[D]Same old song with a [G]little more blues in it.
[A]I'm paying for it while [D]someone else's using it.

[CHORUS]
[G]Alimony, [D]alimony, I [C]thought I bought steak and it
was [A]all baloney.
[G]Me, oh, my, oh, [E]goodness sake, I'm [A]paying
for [D]my mis[G]take.

INTERLUDE: [G] [E] [A] [D] [G] [E]

[CHORUS]
[A]Alimony, [G]ali[A]mony, I [D]thought I bought steak and it
was [B]all baloney.
[A]Me, oh, my, oh, [Gb]goodness sake, I'm [B]paying
for [E]my mis[A]take.

[OUTRO]
every [Gb]payday..[E]paying for my mis[A]take, yes, I am..(Fade.)


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