Yard Full Of Rusty Cars
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Bobby Bare
(From the 1978 Album BARE)
[Intro]
G C D G
[Verse 1]
G C
Show me a house with a yard full of rusty cars
D G
And you'll know there'll be a coffee perkin' on a rusty stove
C
And you walk right in and sit down and feel right at home
D G
In the kitchen of the house of man with a yard full of rusty cars.
[Verse 2]
G C
Show me a man with a yard full of rusty cars
D G
And you know he's got a fridge full of beer and it's nice and cold
C
Swing on the porch eatin' bolony and bread and talk about gettin' old
D G
Spittin' in the dust with the man with a yard full of rusty cars.
[Verse 3]
G C
Scratchin' the ears of the dog of the man with a yard full of rusty cars
D G
Tell him I've been to Haiti and he says well that's real nice
C
Hey Ma, this beer could sure use a little bit of ice
D
Now what was you saying about goin' to Hatey's
G
Says the man with a yard full of rusty cars.
[Verse 4]
G C
My teeth gone bad says the man with a yard full of rusty cars
D G
Toilets on the blink and heavy weights today can't hit
C
You know you remind me a lot of my brother's youngest kid
C
Got killed in Korea
D G
You play gin rummy says the man with the yard full of rusty cars.
[Verse 5]
G C
Kick off your shoes on the couch with the man with a yard full of rusty cars
D G
Smoke us smokes and flick the ashes on the floor
C
Well son everythin' here been burned or broke at least once before
D G
And he winks at his old lady and she winks back
D
At the man with a yard full of rusty cars.
[Verse 6]
D G D
Lord, said the man with the rusty cars that woman's gettin' wide
G
So much for beauty son hand me that TV guide
C
Watchin' the flies in the kitchen of the man with a yard full of rusty cars
D G
Hole in the screen door where the dogs crawl in and out
C
Careful of that soup son it'll burn a hole in your mouth
D G
Soup and life you gotta wait 'em out says the man with a yard full of rusty cars.
[Verse 7]
G C
Watch TV in the parlour of the man with a yard full of rusty cars
D G
Son you ever get to sleep with any of them movie stars
C
I'd like to do that once before I die but he's talkin' a little too loud
D G
And his woman is smilin' kind of proud at the man with a yard full of rusty cars.
[Verse 8]
G C
Talkin' God and baseball with the man with the yard full of rusty cars
D G
Fall asleep right on the couch there where you see it
C
And you know that his old woman ain't gonna mind a bit
D G
Least wise she don't mention nothin' to that smilin' smokin' dirty jokin'
G
Lucky old man with the yard full of rusty cars...
[Outro]
C D G
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