The Cheapest Kind
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse]
G C
We travelled Kansas and Missouri spreading the good news
G D
A preachers family in pressed clothes and worn out polished shoes
G C
Momma fixed us soup beans and served them up by candlelight
G
She tucked us in at night
D G C D
Oh she worried through many a sleepless night
G C
Dad and me would stop by the store when the day was done
G D
Standin at the counter he said "I forgot to get the peaches, son."
G C
"What kind should I get?" I asked him there where he stood in line
G D G C
And he answered just like I knew he would "Go and get the cheapest kind"
D G
[Chorus]
G
But the love, the love, the love
C
It was not the cheapest kind
G
It was rich as, rich as, rich as ,rich as, rich as
D
Any you could ever find
G C G D G
[Verse]
G C
I see the ghost of my grandpa from time to time
G D
In some big city amongst the people all dressed so fine
G C
carrying a brown paper bag clutched real tight
G
His clothes are dirty
D G C D
He don't look at nobody in the eye
G C
Oh he was little, he was wirey, and he was lots of fun
G D
He was rocky as Ozark dirt that he come from
G
And they was raisin seven children on a little farm
C
In not the best of times
G D
The few things that they got from the store
G C D
Was always just the cheapest kind
[Chorus]
G
But the love, the love, the love
C
It was not the cheapest kind
G
It was rich as, rich as, rich as ,rich as, rich as
D
Any you could ever find
G C G D G
G C
Now wealthy people in fancy house I dont understand
G D
and I always wish I could be holdin on to my grandpas hand
G C
so he could take me and lead me down that big road somewhere
G D G
back to that little house where there's just enough supper for whoevers there
C D
G C
and my peoples hands and faces are so dear to me
G D
and all I have to do is close my eyes and their so near to me
G C
I have to laugh, I have to cry when I think of all the things that have drawn those
lines
G D G C D
after so many years of making due with just the cheapest kind
[Chorus]
G
But the love, the love, the love
C
It was not the cheapest kind
G D G
whooooo whoooooo whooooooo
How to play The Cheapest Kind
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The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.