Verse One: G5 D5 C5 D5 It doesn't start it just begins G5 D5 C5 D5 With a gun and a liquor store G5 D5 C5 D5 Like every thief I know I can't win C5 D5 Just don't know when or where G5 D5 C5 D5 I pulled a job in Tennessee G5 D5 C5 D5 A little bank with a big score G5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 Shot a guy who didn't believe, he never had a prayer chorus: C5 D5 G5 If I get caught, I don't mind C5 D5 G5 I stole the money, nearly lost my mind C5 D5 E5 I can't take back the things I did C5 D5 G5 You can play the game but you can't win Verse Two: G5 D5 C5 D5 G5 D5 C5 D5 Me and my wife, Barbara Jean went on a spree in Nevada G5 D5 C5 D5 Man she could drive, she could go like the breeze C5 D5 She got us outta there G5 D5 C5 D5 G5 D5 C5 D5 Headed south to New Orleans, she couldn't live like an outlaw G5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 Said goodbye on a tropical beach, sun in her pretty hair Chorus: C5 D5 G5 If I get caught, I don't mind C5 D5 G5 I stole the money, nearly lost my mind C5 D5 E5 I can't take back the things I did C5 D5 G5 You can play the game but you can't win Instrumental (like a verse) Verse Three: G5 D5 C5 D5 Prisons are built with stones of law G5 D5 C5 D5 Brothels with bricks of religion G5 D5 C5 D5 I've been in both and I know that I saw C5 D5 God answer a sinner's prayers G5 D5 C5 D5 G5 D5 C5 D5 We played a game we couldn't win to the end to the utmost G5 D5 C5 D5 We took a chance, threw caution to the wind, C5 D5 We simply didn't care Chorus: C5 D5 G5 If I get caught, I don't mind C5 D5 G5 I stole the money, nearly lost my mind C5 D5 E5 I can't take back the things I did C5 D5 G5 You can play the game but you can't win C5 D5 G5 You can play the game but you can't win
