Missed The Workhouse
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse 1]
A
I was a motivatin' down Vine
A
I had to do sixty to make it in time
A
A red light caught me, I missed the brake
A
I run right through it, for goodness sake
D
I missed the workhouse (missed the workhouse)
A
No cop around (cop around)
E A
So low I kept on chuggin' that hot rod down in town
[Verse 2]
A
I kept that hot rod low and flyin'
A
Boys you oughtta heard them wheels a cryin'
A
I sideswiped a feller in a Cadillac
A
I heard him swear but I couldn't turn back
D
I missed the workhouse (missed the workhouse)
A
No cop around (cop around)
E A
So low I kept on chuggin' that hot rod down in town
[Verse 3]
A
I know I shouldn't a been goin so fast
A
My foot got heavy on the floorboard gas
A
I lost control of the wheel you see
A
Like a little sports car come to Tennessee
D
Dark began to fallin' (fallin')
A
All around my head ('round my head)
E A
And when I come to I sorta wished I was dead
[Verse 4]
A
Out that car stepped the Judges niece
A
'n Up that road come the county p'lice
D
I'm in the workhouse now (in the workhouse now
A
One cop around (cop around)
E A
Well then they locked me up in a workhouse a-way downtown
How to play Missed The Workhouse
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What is the starting chord?
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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