Chords:
{t:Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women}
{artist:Manitoba Hal Brolund}
{key:Gm}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX_8PFm8yI0
{c: Thanks to Steve Walton for this one}
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Bass: G|-0----2-3--5--5-3-2-3--2-|
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[Gm] When the carnival came to this rural town,
[Cm] every fool want to lay his money down, we got the
[Gm]/ Ferris wheel and games of chance, we got the
[D7] Tunnel of love for pure romance.
[Gm] Men will believe in what they see, you
[Cm] put it on a poster and they'll believe, every-
[Gm] body wants to hear the bearded lady sing, and [D7] this sideshow's got everything
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Got the, [Cm]/ Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, [Gm] Everybody pay a dollar to see 'em
[Cm]/ Got a piece of the one true cross, [D7] {stop} Got the bones of a union boss, [Gm]{234}
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[Gm] Jake Leg Chester and Boot Leg Sam,
were [Cm] working at the carnival but they had a plan
[Gm] Saturday night when the tent was full,
[D7] they were gonna rob the carnival.
They would [Gm] grab the cash, jump a train,
and [Cm] never come back to this town again,
they would [Gm] hide in the bushes till they hear the bell,
[D7] grab the cash and run like hell
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From the [Cm]/ Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, [Gm] Everybody pay a dollar to see 'em
[Cm]/ Got a piece of the one true cross, [D7] {stop} Got the bones of a union boss, [Gm]{234}
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[Gm]/ Bearded lady was still singing her song,
when the [Cm] Mississippi freight train came along
[Gm] Jake Leg Chester grabbed the cash and ran,
and [D7] Bootleg held a gun on the ticket man.
They [Gm] ran for the tracks but they missed the rail,
the [Cm] dog-faced boy was still chasing his tail,
[Gm] they stashed the cash and paid the cost,
they [D7] hid it in the bones of the union boss, [Gm] {234}
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No-one [Gm] ever found the money, I know it's a fact,
they [Cm] took those boys away and they ain't coming back
When the [Gm] sheriff came around, looking for the dough,
I [D7] hid it, down in my bed roll
I [Gm] left that town without thinking twice,
I [Cm] found my own way to Paradise
[Gm] Got myself a truck and a small sideshow,
[D7] every single summer I hit the road
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With my [Cm] Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, [Gm] Everybody pay a dollar to see 'em
[Cm] Got a piece of the one true cross,
[D7] {stop} I got the bones….{slow} the bones of a union [Gm] boss {234 123 stop}
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Copyright Hal Brolund 2010 (SOCAN) http://www.manitobahal.com/
