Highwaymen

Welfare Line Ukulele Chords

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                       Welfare Line - Highwaymen
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Tabbed by: Dave S. 
Email: prime-prine@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Artist: The Highwaymen
Album: Highwayman
Year: 1985


          C
Well, now boys, I've been to Bethlehem.
                          F
Rode there on a big steam train.
                        C
Lost two fingers in the steel mills.
      G                C
And I ain't goin' back again.


  C
I fought for my country,
                     F
Lord knows, I did my best.
                     C
Crawlin' 'cross some foreign field,
     G                     C 
They pinned a ribbon to my chest.



Chorus:

F
So, pass around the bottle, boys,
                     C
Let's talk about old times.
        C
Night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin,
G                   C
Here on the welfare line.



C
Served on the Georgia Road Gang.
                         F
Couldn't pay the debts I owed.
                         C
'Cause I'm ain't made of silver,
      G                   C
And I ain't never seen no gold.


C 
I still remember Rachael,
                 F
Soft as a velvet gown.
                      C
They layed her in the pauper's grave,
       G             C
On the other side of town.



(Repeat Chorus)


Break:

C      F      C   G   C



    C
Now some folks are born to money,
                     F
You know I wish them well.
                         C
If the devil should ever want my soul,
  G               C       
I swear I'd never sell.


(Repeat Chorus 2x)