Ballad Of Forty Dollars Chords & Lyrics - Waylon Jennings

[VERSE 1]
T[D]he man that preached the funeral said it really was a simple way to d[G]ie
He l[A]aid down to rest one afternoon and never opened up his [D]eyes
They hired me and Fred and Joe to dig the grave and carry up some ch[G]airs
It t[A]ook us seven hours and i guess we must have drunk a case of b[D]eer

[VERSE 2]
I[D] guess i ought to go and watch them put him down but i don't own a s[G]uit
A[A]nd anyway when they start talkin' about the fire in hell i get spo[D]oked
So let's just sit here in the truck and act like we don't know him when they p[G]ass
An[A]yway,when they're all through we got to go to work and mow the gr[D]ass

Verse 3: (Waylon then Johnny)
H[D]ere they come and who's that riding in that big old shiney limous[G]ine
L[A]ook at all that chrome i do believe that that's the sharpest thing i've s[D]een
That must belong to his rich uncle someone said he owned a big old f[G]arm
Wh[A]en they get parked let's mosey down and look it over that won't do no h[D]arm

[Verse 4] (Waylon then Johnny) (A tone higher)
T[E]hat must be the widow in the car and won't you take a look at th[A]at
Th[B]at sure is a pretty dress you know some women do look good in bl[E]ack
He's not even in the ground and they tell me his truck is up for s[A]ale
Th[B]ey say she took it pretty hard but you can't tell too much behind a v[E]eil

[Verse 5](Waylon then Johnny) (A tone higher)
L[E]isten ain't that pretty when a bugler plays a military t[A]aps
I th[B]ink when you were in the war they always hide and play a song like th[E]at
Well here we are and there he goes and i guess that you might call it our bad l[A]uck
I h[B]ope he rests in peace but the trouble is the fellow owes us forty b[E]ucks