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	               Welfare Line - Highwaymen
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Tabbed by: Dave S. 
Email: prime-prine@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Artist: The Highwaymen
Album: Highwayman
Year: 1985


          DWell, (xx0232@1)now boys, I've been to Bethlehem.
                          GRode (320003@1)there on a big steam train.
                        DLost (xx0232@1)two fingers in the steel mills.
      A (x02220@1)              DAnd (xx0232@1)I ain't goin' back again.


  DI (xx0232@1)fought for my country,
                     GLord (320003@1)knows, I did my best.
                     DCrawlin' (xx0232@1)'cross some foreign field,
     A (x02220@1)                   D (xx0232@1)They pinned a ribbon to my chest.



Chorus:

GSo, (320003@1)pass around the bottle, boys,
                     DLet's (xx0232@1)talk about old times.
        DNight's (xx0232@1)rollin' in, it's cold as sin,
A (x02220@1)                 DHere (xx0232@1)on the welfare line.



DServed (xx0232@1)on the Georgia Road Gang.
                         GCouldn't (320003@1)pay the debts I owed.
                         D'Cause (xx0232@1)I'm ain't made of silver,
      A (x02220@1)                 DAnd (xx0232@1)I ain't never seen no gold.


D (xx0232@1)I still remember Rachael,
                 GSoft (320003@1)as a velvet gown.
                      DThey (xx0232@1)layed her in the pauper's grave,
       A (x02220@1)           DOn (xx0232@1)the other side of town.



(Repeat Chorus)


Break:

D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)

    DNow (xx0232@1)some folks are born to money,
                     GYou (320003@1)know I wish them well.
                         DIf (xx0232@1)the devil should ever want my soul,
  A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)     
I swear I'd never sell.


(Repeat Chorus 2x)