Tom T. Hall – What Have You Got To Lose (Guitar)

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Well, I've been in some bars where they serve it in big silver goblets and pewter and brass

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I've been in some joints where they serve it in paper cups and maybe an old water glass

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But it's all the same in the old drinking game, when you drink and you try to forget

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One woman who loved you and another who didn't, and I ain't seen one winner yet

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   What have you got to lose?

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What have you got to lose?

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Try women and booze and the cigarette blues

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What have you got to lose?

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Well, I've been in some towns with some high rolling heavies and I know some unknown new stars

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The big equalizer is a good drink of liquor when they all belly up to the bar

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Some cry for fame, some cry for money and some people reach for the sky

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But when a honky-tonk heart starts crying for a honky-tonk, you can't get a tear in edgewise

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   What have you got to lose?

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What have you got to lose?

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Try women and booze and the cigarette blues

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What have you got to lose?

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Now, an old country boy just can't sit on the porch and watch while the world's going by

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No, he's got to be part of some social endeavor, so he gets him a jug and he tries

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He'll play that old jukebox and chase them old hides about daylight come to in his room

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When that sun's coming up, he's about halfway to hell and about halfway back home around noon

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   What have you got to lose?

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What have you got to lose?

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Try women and booze and the cigarette blues

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What have you got to lose?

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   What have you got to lose?

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What have you got to lose?

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Try women and booze and the cigarette blues

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What have you got to lose?