Ballad Of Forty Dollars by Waylon Jennings
Key: DD | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


D                                                                    G  
 The man that preached the funeral said it really was a simple way to die 
     A                                                      D  
 He laid down to rest one afternoon and never opened up his eyes 
                                                                     G 
 They hired me and Fred and Joe to dig the grave and carry up some chairs 
     A                                                            D   
 It took us seven hours and i guess we must have drunk a case of beer 
 
 
Verse 2: (Johnny) 
  
  D                                                                   G  
 I guess i ought to go and watch them put him down but i don't own a suit 
  A                                                                 D 
 And anyway when they start talkin' about the fire in hell i get spooked 
                                                                               G 
 So let's just sit here in the truck and act like we don't know him when they pass 
   A                                                                D 
 Anyway,when they're all through we got to go to work and mow the grass 
 
 
Verse 3: (Waylon then Johnny) 
 
  D                                                                G  
 Here they come and who's that riding in that big old shiney limousine 
  A                                                                        D 
 Look at all that chrome i do believe that that's the sharpest thing i've seen 
                                                                     G 
 That must belong to his rich uncle someone said he owned a big old farm 
   A                                                                      D     
 When they get parked let's mosey down and look it over that won't do no harm 
 
 
Verse 4: (Waylon then Johnny) (A tone higher) 
 
  E                                                               A   
 That must be the widow in the car and won't you take a look at that 
   B                                                               E  
 That sure is a pretty dress you know some women do look good in black 
                                                                   A 
 He's not even in the ground and they tell me his truck is up for sale 
   B                                                                    E  
 They say she took it pretty hard but you can't tell too much behind a veil 
 
 
Verse 5: (Waylon then Johnny) (A tone higher) 
 
  E                                                       A 
 Listen ain't that pretty when a bugler plays a military taps 
     B                                                                    E 
 I think when you were in the war they always hide and play a song like that 
                                                                                A 
 Well here we are and there he goes and i guess that you might call it our bad luck 
    B                                                                  E    
 I hope he rests in peace but the trouble is the fellow owes us forty bucks