Marty Robbins – Twenty Dollar Jim (Guitar)

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[Intro] G G D7 G G [Verse 1]
G
Once a week he’d come into the nightclub

         C                                               G
And he’d walk across the dance floor to a table just for two

          G
You could see that he was lonelier than lonely

    A7                             D    D7
And he could write a book on being blue
[Verse 2]
          G
Well he’d order up a single for his baby (baby)

     C                          G
Then order up a double just for him

        G
Well he drank a lot but he paid real good for love songs (love songs)

        C                    D               G
And the band just called him - Twenty Dollar Jim
[Verse 3]
 G
About five years ago he lost his baby (baby)

   C                                G
He never said just why or where she went

        G
But the way he mixed his whiskey with his memories (memories)

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And left him with his mind about half bent
[Verse 4]
    G
The band could see him going through the motions

  C                              G
A-talking to someone who’d gone away

     G
With eyes so sad and his voice choked with emotion

     C              D                  G
He’d stagger to the bandstand and he’d say
[Chorus]
G                                   C
Singer! - won’t you sing me back to baby

G                                  D
Help me make it through this crazy world of mine

         G                               C
Here’s a twenty - for a love song for my baby

G                                   D             G
Singer! - won’t you sing me back to baby one more time
[Break] G G D7 G G [Verse 5]
       G
Well today I saw his picture in the paper

        C                              G
And the story read he drank himself to death

        G
But the story never mentioned - his baby (baby)

   A                                D
Or how he spoke her name with every breath
[Verse 6]
       G
In the name of love I bought some pretty flowers

       C                                       G
Then I took them down and left them there with him

       G
And it made me sad to think he’s gone forever

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When I said goodbye to Twenty Dollar Jim
/* KEY CHANGE */ [Chorus]
         A                                    D
He'd say Singer! -  won’t you sing me back to baby

A                                  E
Help me make it through this crazy world of mine

         A                             D
Here’s a twenty for a love song for my baby

A                                   E             A
Singer! - won’t you sing me back to baby one more time

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Singer! - won’t you sing me back to baby one more tiiiime