2 99 Cent Blues by Regina Spektor
Key: BbBb | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro: Bb7
 
Bb                             Bb7
Somewhere far away where I roam
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There live my buffalo twin in
Eb
In our twin buffalo home, sweet home
F                                   F7(or Fm)
He takes good care of my native son
Eb
And he calls me by my native name
F                                   F7(or Fm)
He, he even lets us drink spring water on Sundays
 
Eb            Bb
2.99, 2.99 a gallon
Eb            Bb
2.99, 2.99 a gallon
 
Bb                               Bb7
And somewhere further down the road
Bb                  Bb7
Where I also roam
F          F7(or Fm)
There lives my caterpillar cousin
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Beneath a fancy engraved tomb head stone
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In the middle of his southern town
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Beneath a cemetery burial plot
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And he, he don't pay rent no more, no more
Eb                              Bb
But he sure likes, he sure likes the spot
 
Eb                            Bb
He sure likes the spot, likes the spot
Eb                            Bb
He sure likes the spot, likes the spot
Eb                            Bb
He sure likes the spot, likes the spot
 
Bb                 Bb7
But in the furthest place I've ever known
Bb               Bb7
Where even I so rarely roam
Eb
There lives a boy who just come back from war
Bb                                     Bb7
His flesh was wounded but he made it back home
F                  F7(or Fm)
His mother calls him by his given name
Eb
And the neighbors whisper how he prefers to be alone
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And he gets, he gets nightmares about boys
 
Eb                      Bb
Dripping blood sold for 2.99 2.99 a gallon
Eb                      Bb
Come on just 2.99 2.99 a gallon
Eb                      Bb
Pay up yours 2.99 2.99 a gallon
 
Bb                   Bb7
But when I get me all real tired
Bb                 Bb7
And I got no more strength to roam
Eb
I catch me a horse driven carriage ride
Bb               Bb7
From a local man named Ethan Frome
F                F7(or Fm)
He don't say much as he tips his hat
Eb
And he carries his body as heavy as lead
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And he could have been flying through the snow on his sled
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But he wife was in bed and the horses had to be fed
 
            Eb    Bb
Besides it's 2.99 2.99 a story
Eb                      Bb
Come on just 2.99 2.99 a gallon
Eb                      Bb
Pay up yours 2.99 2.99 a story
Eb                      Bb
Come on baby 2.99 2.99 a story
 
Bb
Come on yours
Bb7(or Bb)
2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99
Bb7(or Bb)
2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99, 2.99....
F       F7(or Fm)
Oh, 2.99 2.99 a story
Bb           Eb
Pay up yours 2.99 2.99 a story
Bb             Eb
Pay up yours just 2.99 2.99 a story
Eb       F           F7(or Fm)      Bb
Oh man it's just 2.99 2.99... a gallon