Bossier City chords

Turnpike Troubadours

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 G              Cadd9     G 
Well Robbie's got a brand new girlfriend. 
      G     D          G 
She's got a scr i pt for pills. 
      G        Cadd9            G 
These here man they're the good ones. 
G                  Cadd9  G 
Counting those ten dollar bills. 

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     G          Cadd9      G 
What Mama don't know won't hurt her. 
G                D      G 
That's what he'd always say. 
     G             Cadd9   G 
He's going down to Bossier City. 
      G         D       G 
Gonna drink his cares away. 

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G Cadd9 G 
G D G 
G Cadd9 G 
G D G 

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     G     Cadd9    G 
He's got a thousand dollars. 
       G             D         G 
That's more than the saw mills paying. 
      G    Cadd9  G 
Lucy she's at her mamas. 
G                 Cadd9  G 
But he'll lose it all today 

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     G     Cadd9    G 
He's got a thousand dollars. 
       G         D   G 
That's just some gasoline. 
              G   Cadd9       G 
You know that boy well he can gamble. 
G              Cadd9 G 
Like you ain't never seen. 

     G          Cadd9      G 
What Mama don't know won't hurt her. 
G                D      G 
That's what he'd always say. 
     G             Cadd9   G 
He's going down to Bossier City. 
       G        D       G 
Gonna drink his cares away. 

SOLO 

G Cadd9 G 
G D G 
G Cadd9 G 
G D G 

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     G            Cadd9   G 
He's pulling down on that lever. 
     G        D       G 
Like he's got cash to burn. 
G          Cadd9    G 
Barely too proud to beg. 
             G        D     G 
I guess that boy will never learn. 

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     G            Cadd9   G 
He's driving back home on sunday. 
G          D         G 
Praying he don't get killed. 
     G               Cadd9 G 
You know that Lucy's kinda crazy. 
     G         D       G 
When she ain't got her pills. 

     G          Cadd9      G 
What Mama don't know won't hurt her. 
G                D      G 
That's what he'd always say. 
     G             Cadd9   G 
He's going down to Bossier City. 
       G        D       G 
Gonna drink his cares away. 

SOLO 

G Cadd9 G 
G D G 
G Cadd9 G 
G D G 

     G          Cadd9      G 
What Mama don't know won't hurt her. 
G                D      G 
That's what he'd always say. 
     G             Cadd9   G 
He's going down to Bossier City. 
       G        D       G 
Gonna drink his cares away.