Key: G
Introduction:
D G D G Em C G D G D G Em C G D
D G
I got the news just last evening
D G
Matilda was taking off her shoes
Em C
Her mamma brought me a cup of coffee
G D
I was getting' old but I couldn't lose
D G
Get up at five to watch the sun rise
D G
Matilda's wearing that funny smirk
Em C
I say goodbye for the last time
G D
Grab my gun and go to work
C G
Forty years on the machine line
D G
You got yours, I got what's mine
C G
And mister, won't you tell me why
Em D
you set me free
C G
Oh, Matilda grab the keys and wine
Am C/B C
And meet me further down the line
G Em D
In Paducah or the hills of Bowling Green
Drive to the corner of 1st and Crescent
Gºto
Stuff like that don't matter now
I say, ?Dyin' ain't much of a livin'