Cost of Living by Ronnie Dunn      Capo 2

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D (xx0232@1)                             Em (022000@1)                     G (320003@1)                         DEverything (xx0232@1)to know about me is written on this page / The number you can reach me my 
social and my age
Yes I served in the army it where I learned to shoot / 18 months in the desert pouring 
sand out of my boots
Em (022000@1)                    D/F# (200232@1)    GNo (320003@1)I ve never been convicted of a crime
Em (022000@1)                       G (320003@1)    G/ (320003@1)I could start this job at anytime

D (xx0232@1)                          EmI (022000@1)got a strong back steel toes   I rarely call in sick
     G (320003@1)                                   DA (xx0232@1)good truck, what I don't know I catch on real quick
        D (xx0232@1)                                 EmI (022000@1)work week ends if I have to  nights and holidays
         G (320003@1)                      DGive (xx0232@1)you 40 and then some   what ever it takes
 Em (022000@1)                   D/F# (200232@1)   GThree (320003@1)dollars and change at the pump
 Em (022000@1)             G/           DCost (xx0232@1)of livin's high and going up

D (xx0232@1)                                 Em (022000@1)                    G (320003@1)                         DI (xx0232@1)put Robert down as a reference he's known me all my life /We attend the same church he 
introduced me to my wife
Gave my last job everything before it headed south, / Put the shoes off of my childrens 
feet & the food out of their mouths
Em (022000@1)                 D/F# (200232@1)    GYesterday, (320003@1)my folks offered to help
Em (022000@1)                       G/
But their barely gettin by themselves.

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Em (022000@1)                                   DIm (xx0232@1)sure a hundred others have applied
Em (022000@1)                             G/
Rumor has it your only taken five

D (xx0232@1)                      EmI (022000@1)got a strong back steel toes. I'm handy with a wrench
  G (320003@1)                        DNothin (xx0232@1)I can't drive. Nothin I can't fix
        D (xx0232@1)                    EmI (022000@1)work sun up to sun down ain't proud to sweep the floor
  G (320003@1)                               DThe (xx0232@1)bank has started calling and the wolves are at the  my door
Em (022000@1)                    D/F# (200232@1)  GThree (320003@1)dollars and change at the pump
Em (022000@1)                         G/      DThe (xx0232@1)cost of living is high and going up