Turnpike Troubadours – Bossier City (Guitar)

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[VERSE]
 G              Cadd9     G
Well Robbie's got a brand new girlfriend.

      G     D          G
She's got a scr i pt for pills.

      G        Cadd9            G
These here man they're the good ones.

G                  Cadd9  G
Counting those ten dollar bills.
[VERSE]
     G          Cadd9      G
What Mama don't know won't hurt her.

G                D      G
That's what he'd always say.

     G             Cadd9   G
He's going down to Bossier City.

      G         D       G
Gonna drink his cares away.
SOLO G Cadd9 G G D G G Cadd9 G G D G [VERSE]
     G     Cadd9    G
He's got a thousand dollars.

       G             D         G
That's more than the saw mills paying.

      G    Cadd9  G
Lucy she's at her mamas.

G                 Cadd9  G
But he'll lose it all today
[VERSE]
     G     Cadd9    G
He's got a thousand dollars.

       G         D   G
That's just some gasoline.

              G   Cadd9       G
You know that boy well he can gamble.

G              Cadd9 G
Like you ain't never seen.
[CHORUS]
     G          Cadd9      G
What Mama don't know won't hurt her.

G                D      G
That's what he'd always say.

     G             Cadd9   G
He's going down to Bossier City.

       G        D       G
Gonna drink his cares away.
[SOLO] G Cadd9 G G D G G Cadd9 G G D G [VERSE]
     G            Cadd9   G
He's pulling down on that lever.

     G        D       G
Like he's got cash to burn.

G          Cadd9    G
Barely too proud to beg.

             G        D     G
I guess that boy will never learn.
[VERSE]
     G            Cadd9   G
He's driving back home on sunday.

G          D         G
Praying he don't get killed.

     G               Cadd9 G
You know that Lucy's kinda crazy.

     G         D       G
When she ain't got her pills.
[CHORUS]
     G          Cadd9      G
What Mama don't know won't hurt her.

G                D      G
That's what he'd always say.

     G             Cadd9   G
He's going down to Bossier City.

       G        D       G
Gonna drink his cares away.
[SOLO] G Cadd9 G G D G G Cadd9 G G D G [CHORUS] (3x)
     G          Cadd9      G
What Mama don't know won't hurt her.

G                D      G
That's what he'd always say.

     G             Cadd9   G
He's going down to Bossier City.

       G        D       G
Gonna drink his cares away.