Waiting in Your Welfare Line
By Buck Owens
 
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I got the hun-gries for your love 
                        D7      G
And I'm waiting in your welfare line
 
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Well I ain't got nothing but the shirt on my back 
           D7         G
And an old two-button suit
                              C                           
I walked outta my job about a week ago  
        D7                          G
And I'm now sleeping in a telephone booth
 
                             C         
But I'm gonna be the richest guy around 
            D7         G
The day you say you're mine
          Em                A7     
I got the hungries for your love 
                        D7      G 
And I'm waiting in your welfare line
 
                                   C
Well when I first met you babe you nearly
                D7           G
Made me wreck my old 49 Cadillac
                                    C
Yeah I knew at a glance that it was you for me 
  D7                       G
I had to have your love by heck
 
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I'm gonna follow you baby wherever you go 
                 D7          G
I got nothing to lose but my time
          Em                A7
I got the hungries for your love 
                        D7      G 
And I'm waiting in your welfare line
 
                             C     
Well you made me the top dog of your hill 
          D7   G
And I was overjoyed
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But it didn't take long until the thrill was gone 
             D7               G
I joined the ranks of the unemployed
 
                                C
Now I'm right back where that I started from 
                  D7        G 
But I ain't gonna change my mind
          Em                A7
I got the hungries for your love 
                        D7      G
And I'm waiting in your welfare line
                    D7      G
I'm waiting in your welfare line gimme a handout
                    D7      G
I'm waiting in your welfare line