Cisco Clifton Had A Fillin Station Chords & Lyrics - Johnny Cash

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[A]Cisco Clifton had a fillin' station About a mile and a half from town
Most cars passed unless they were out of gas So Ci[E]sco was always ar[A]ound
[A]Regular gas was all that it sold Except tobacco matches and oil
Other than that he fixed lots of flats Keepin' Cisco r[E]ough hands soi[A]led
[A]He'd wipe the gas and check the air In a hundred times a day
He patiently gave directions On how to get to the st[E]ate hig[A]hway
[A]Usually he'd give 'em water Or a tire or two some air
And once a big black Cadillac Spent se[E]ven dollars th[A]ere
[A]He'd give anybody anything they'd ask And lend anything he had
His tools are tires bumper jacks or wire To the go[E]od ones or the b[A]ad
[A]In wintertime there was a depot stove And a table for a checker game
And every mornin' at sunup The same ch[E]ecker players ca[A]me
[A]So Cisco Clifton's fillin' station Was always in the red
Personal loans were personally gone But ne[E]ver a word was s[A]aid
[A]One mornin' at eight, them checker players Heard a big bulldozer roar like a freight
And Cisco said I hope my kids stay fed When they bu[E]ild that Inter[A]state
[A]He'd managed to pay for property Where his little fillin' station sat
And friends still came for checker game So Ci[E]sco settled for t[A]hat
[A]He wouldn't say so but Cisco knew That the Interstate was too much to fight
But to keep his will and to pay his bills He did o[E]dd jobs at ni[A]ght
[A]He still opened up at sunrise And the checker game went on
The cars flew past on highest gas And the neighbors had s[E]old out and g[A]one

If a car ever did go by he was lost

And if they stopped they were treated the same
So at Cisco Clifton's fillin' station There's a ho[E]wdy and a checker g[A]ame