Townes Van Zandt – Dollar Bill Blues (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

Verse 1
Am                Dm
If I had a dollar bill

                        Am
Yes, I believe I surely will

                            Em
Ill go to town and drink my fill

                       Am
Early in the morning
Verse 2
                           Dm
Darling she's a red haired thing

                          Am
Man, she makes my legs to sing

                        Em
Gonna buy her a diamond ring

                       Am
Early in the morning
Verse 3
                    Dm
Mother was a golden girl

                                 Am
I slit her throat just to get her pearls

                   Em
Cast myself into a whirl

                  Am
Before a bunch of swine
Verse 4
                                Dm
It's a long way down the Harlan road

                        Am
Busted back and a heavy load

                             Em
Won't get through to save my soul

                       Am
Early in the morning
Verse 5
                            Dm
I've always been a gambling man
I've rolled them bones with either
Am
hand

                    Em
Seven is a promised land

                       Am
Early in the morning
Verse 6
                      Dm
Whiskey'd be my dying bed

                        Am
Tell me where to lay my head

                       Em
Not with me is all she said

                       Am
Early in the morning
Verse 7
                  Dm
If I had a dollar bill

                       Am
Yes I believe I surely will

                             Em
I'll go to town and drink my fill

                       Am
Early in the morning