Bottle Rockets - Welfare Music
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Album: Brooklyn Side, 1994
Tuning: Standard
Tab: Eric Lambrecht, 2014
Note: In this tab 'C' is short for 'Cadd9' (-X-3-2-0-3-3-)
(Intro)
G C G G D G
e:--3------------------------3------|-----------------2---2---3------|
b:----3------3-----3-----3---3------|-----3-3---3-----3---3---3------|
G:------2b---0-----0-----0---0------|-0---0-0---0-----2---2---0------| 2x
D:-------------0-2-------2---0------|-0---0-0^2^0-----0---0---0------|
A:-------------------3---3---2------|-0^2---------2^0-0---0---2------|
E:---------------------------3------|-------------------------3------|
(Verse)
G C G
Quit school when she was seventeen
G D
Senator on TV calls her welfare queen
Em C G
Used to be daddy's little girl
G D D4 C
Now she needs help in this mean old world
G C G
Buys cassette tapes in the bargain bin
G D
Loves Carlene Carter and Loretta Lynn
Em C G
Tries to have fun on a Saturday night
G D D4 C
Sunday mornin don't shine too bright
(Chorus)
G C G
It's welfare music
G D
Watch the baby dance
Em C G
To the welfare music
G D C
Will she ever stand a chance
(Interlude / Intro)
G C G
G D G
G C G
G D G
(Verse)
G C G
Takes two to make three but one ain't here
G D
Still chasin women and drinkin beer
Em C G
Says nobody understands how he feels
G D D4 C
But that don't pay them monthly bills
G C G
Angry fat man on the radio
G D
Wants to keep his taxes way down low
Em C G
Says there oughta be a law
G D D4 C
Angriest man you ever saw
(Chorus)
G C G
Welfare music
G D
Watch the baby dance
Em C G
To the welfare music
G D C
Will she ever stand a chance
(Verse)
G C G
Baby dance circles on the floor
G D
Round and round just like before
Em C G
Baby fall down, Baby get up
G D D4 C
Baby needs a drink from a loving cup
(Chorus)
G C G
It's welfare music
G D
Watch the baby dance
Em C G
To the welfare music
G D C
Will she ever stand a chance (2X)
