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***************** OLD FIVE AND DIMERS (LIKE ME) *****************

written by Billy Joe Shaver

performed by Waylon Jennings.


Verse 1:
         A (x02220@1)                                       E (022100@1)I've spent alifetime,making (x02210@1)up my mind to be
                                                             A (x02220@1)More than the measure of what i thought others could see
                                                            D (xx0232@1)Good luck and fast bucks are too far and too few between
          E (022100@1)                                        A (x02220@1)Cadillac buyers and old five and dimers like me


Verse 2:
         A (x02220@1)                                          E (022100@1)She stood beside me letting me know she would be
                                                        A (x02220@1)Something to lean on when everything ran out on me
                                                                D (xx0232@1)Fenced yards ain't hole cards and like as not never will be
          E (022100@1)                                           A (x02220@1)Reasons for rhymers and old five and dimers like me


Verse 3:
         A (x02220@1)                                            E (022100@1)It's taken me so long but now that i know i believe
                                                     A (x02220@1)All that i do or say is all that i ever will be
                                                           D (xx0232@1)Too far and too high and too deep ain't too much to be
             E (022100@1)                                           A (x02220@1)Too much ain't enough for old five and dimers like me

            E (022100@1)                                    A (x02220@1)An old five and dimer was all i intented to be


Thanks to David M. Potter for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr