Key: D
Introduction:
D
Mama played piano in a pentecostal church
C D
Staring them snakes in the eye
D
Daddy died drunk left us all in lurch
C D
Hell, I did what I did to get by
C D
Yeah, I did what I did to get by
D
Third grade education won't bring you no luck
C D
Looking for a way to get paid
D
Turned fourteen and stole a pick up truck
C D
Couldn't make it on the minimum wage
C D
Couldn't make it on the minimum wage
G D
Well I almost got caught in Tulsa Town
G D
Had me one foot in the grave
G D
Oh, they're gonna die trying to track me down
C D
But they'll never catch monroe suede
C D
No, they'll never catch monroe suede
D
Well you can't stay long when you're living on the run
C D
And the high sherrif's looking for you
D
Never shot nobody with a loaded gun
C D
But I found me a lover or two
G D
Well I almost got caught in Tulsa Town
G D
Had me one foot in the grave
G D
Oh, they're gonna die trying to track me down
C D
But they'll never catch monroe suede
C D
No, they'll never catch monroe suede
D
Mama still plays piano in the same old church
C D
Helping them sinners get saved
D
Daddy died drunk left us all in lurch
C D
And they called me monroe suede
G D
Well I almost got caught in Tulsa Town
G D
Had me one foot in the grave
G D
Oh, they're gonna die trying to track me down
C D
But they'll never catch monroe suede
C D
No, they'll never catch monroe suede