Songs For Sale by David Nail
Key: DD | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Capo 5
Intro: D G 2x
D                     G
Boiled peanuts anytime, painted on a plywood sign
D                              A
Pull to the shoulder and buy a sack
D                          G
An old man with a dirty face swears they're the best you'll taste
D                                        A                            D G
Grows 'em fresh in that red dirt field out back, yeah, that's a fact
D                              G
Grace is a mechanic's wife and their toe-head boys are her whole life
D                                 A
Sews patches on blue jeans night and day
D                          G
Never does much for herself, doesn't dream of fame or wealth
D                                    A
Just a ballpark bleacher and a place to pray
D                                   A
Some are called to preach the gospel, string fence in Colorado
Bm            G     A
Some are born to raise a family
D                      A
Swing a hammer at a nail, haul bricks or carry mail
Bm                            G       
Go to college, Duke or Yale, but me
A                  D  G 
I got songs for sale
There's not a lot of tread on my tires, In some spots you can see the wires
Just hope they make it to the next town so I can sing
I'm still learning lots of lessons, I'm still calling it a profession
Travelin' 'round strummin' these guitar strings
Some are good at mending bones, fixing drinks and telephones
Some are born to wear pin stripes on their sleeves
Swing a hammer at a nail, haul bricks or carry mail
Go to college, Duke or Yale, but me
I got songs for sale
D A Bm G X2
G
I see it in a lot of places
A
I read it in a lot of faces
D                                     A
Some are called to preach the gospel, string fence in Colorado
Bm             G       A
Some are born to raise a family
D                       A
Swing a hammer at a nail, haul bricks or carry mail
Bm                           G       
Go to college, Duke or Yale, but me
     A                   D     G (repeat D G til end)
Yeah me, I got songs for sale
Yeah, I got songs for sale