written by Jamey Johnson and Dallas Davidson Album: "The Dollar" 3/15/06 INTRO: D5 D5 G5 D5 D5 A5 D5 Standin' at that pawn shop counter, trying on the wedding rings D5 G5 D5 D5 A5 She said she needed silver, 'cause gold just turns her green D5 G5 D5 D5 D5 G5 I counted out the twenties, and I laid the money down G5 D5 A5 D5 And we went straight to the Davidson courthouse D5 G5 D5 D5 A5 D5 After three long years together, she found a banker man D5 G5 D5 D5 A5 Said she was thinkin' about her future, and gave me back that silver band D5 G5 D5 D5 D5 G5 I had it melted down, so I could wear it on a chain G5 D5 A5 D5 Now it's a flyin' silver eagle that used to be a ring CHORUS: G5 D5 I'd rather have this silver eagle than all that rich man's gold B5 E5 G5 A5 It's my one reminder of a woman turnin' cold D5 G5 D5 D5 D5 G5 Her love lies in his money, and mine's in a pair of wings G5 D5 A5 D5 On a flyin' silver eagle that used to be a ring INTRO D5 G5 D5 D5 A5 D5 I couldn't put the past behind me, so I put it in a song D5 G5 D5 D5 A5 That's how I tell the story, how that woman done me wrong D5 G5 D5 D5 D5 G5 Now I tour across the country, ridin' high on the wings G5 D5 A5 D5 Of a flyin' silver eagle that used to be a ring CHORUS SOLO D5 G5 D5 D5 A5 D5 I met a homeless man on Broadway, he was holdin' out his hand D5 G5 D5 D5 A5 He asked me for a dollar, said he was once a banker man D5 G5 D5 D5 D5 G5 'Til that lady took his money, I said man I feel your pain G5 D5 A5 D5 Ya might could use this silver eagle, you know it used to be a ring OUTRO