John Hiatt – Wood Chipper (Guitar)

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I'm from the Midwest,

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I know enough to cut a path around a woodchipper.

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And be careful of any conversation

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That starts by calling you skipper.

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Cuz there ain't no oceans round here

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But a lot of little lakes where you could disappear

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I wonder what the fish are biting on today, Jimmy.

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You know, she told me not to follow her here

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Said he was crazy about her

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I guess I didn't know what that meant

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Just knew I couldn't do without her

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Then I saw him through a window sash

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He had a .44 pistol and a bag of cash

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And she was folding some pretty note paper

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Into her breast pocket

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What some people won't do

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To break up a happy home

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What some people won't do

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To break up a happy home

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Well I got the picture

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A temporary love shack in the middle of noplace.

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They were planning on using that cash to get away bold face.

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How long did they think they could stay

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With the troopers and the marshalls already on their way

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I ran into the yard and banged my knee on his woodchipper

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I was squealing like a baby

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She appeared at the window, he opened the door

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And when I looked up, he said

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'Hey skipper, what are you doin' here for?'

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One bullet to the head

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Before I hit the ground I was dead

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I guess I'm telling you this before you go fishing now, Jimmy.

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What some people won't do

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To break up a happy home

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What some people won't do

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To break up a happy home

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What some people won't do

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To break up a happy home

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What some people won't do

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To break up a happy home

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They never found my body

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But they killed 'em in a shootout just five miles down the road

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They found that note in her breast pocket

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And thought it was somethin' written in code

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But it was part of a letter set

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I gave her for Christmas ten years ago I bet

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She used to use that pretty paper to make up her shopping list

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Eggs

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Bread

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Hamburger meat

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Funyons

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Orange drink

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Toilet paper

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Tidy Bowl

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Pickles

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Little Debbie Snack Cakes

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What some people won't do

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To break up a happy home

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What some people won't do

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To break up a happy home