STRUM B7 3 TIMES. THEN LET E RING OUT

There was a showdown at high noon reputations on the line
It was the good guys and the bad guys I was eight and he was nine
And I forgot to keep my back to the wall in Dodge that day
And from somewhere behind me I heard him say

“That’s one you owe me I let you slide
I can’t back shoot a buddy it goes against my pride
G# C#M B A OR A7
So like two desperados we’ll ride off in the sun
But just remember you owe me one”

STRUM B7 3 TIMES. THEN LET E RING OUT

It was high school football on two different teams
I was good but he was better than I would ever be
And when I finally crossed the goal line ahead of him that day
As the crowd was goin’ wild I heard him say

“That’s one you owe me I let you slide
I can’t back shoot a buddy it goes against my pride
G# C#M B A OR A7
So like two desperados we’ll ride off in the sun
But just remember you owe me one”

STRUM B7 3 TIMES. THEN LET E RING OUT

She was long and lean and pretty and soon to be his bride
When she strayed into my arms one day with lovin’ on her mind
Well I was almost tempted by her soft touch and her sigh
But the next time I saw him I could look him in the eye

STRUM B7 3 TIMES. THEN LET E RING OUT

“That’s one you owe me I let you slide
I can’t back shoot a buddy it goes against my pride
G# C#M B A OR A7
So like two desperados we’ll ride off in the sun
But just remember you owe me one”

“That’s one you owe me I let you slide
I can’t back shoot a buddy it goes against my pride
G# C#M B A OR A7
So like two desperados we’ll ride off in the sun
But just remember you owe me one”

STRUM B7 3 TIMES. THEN LET E RING OUT

written by John R. Cash

CAPO II

INTRO: E A B7 E E A B7 E

Well the farmer prayed for a better year
And the crops were good like the Lord did hear
But his barn burnt down with winter near
The answer came in white and black
In the farmer’s almanac, it says
If a man could have half his wishes, he could double his trouble

A sweet old lady was eighty four
When her kinfolks came for a month or more
Now from overworked she’s on the other shore
Much too late with ya’ll come back
And it says in the farmer’s almanac, it says
Visitors and fish smell after 3 days

Our leader was a silver-tongued man
He deceived the people of the land
And when he got caught he couldn’t stand
It’s a little off-beat and a little off-track
But it says in the farmer’s almanac, it says
In rivers and bad government, the lightest things float to the top

INTRO

Rod said I don’t believe in God
Rod died and lies beneath the sod
Well God did not believe in Rod
Life is a troubled and a wearied track
But it says in the farmer’s almanac, it says
Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death

The little boy followed the honey bee
And it flew straight to the honey tree
He got stung but got the honey free
Consolation for the things you lack
Is in the farmer’s almanac, it says
God gives us the darkness so we can see the stars

He came home 3 hours late from work
Said “I had a flat and fell in the dirt”
She said “and got lipstick on your shirt”
Well it turned out like Jill and Jack
And it says in the farmer’s almanac, it says
Lies have to be covered up, truth can run around naked

INTRO

He said honey you know I’m true
I just look at other women that’s all I do
Then she caught him with her best friend Peggy Sue
Sometimes some women will look back
And it says in the farmer’s almanac, it says
There is a lot of difference in window-shoppin’ and shop-liftin’

I sat down at a shoe-shine stand
I had a real slow shoe-shine man
I said you don’t pop that rag like some of ‘em can
He looked at me and then he said right back
“It says in the farmer’s almanac, it says
The trouble with the world today is there’s too much poppin’ and not enough shinin'”

INTRO out

written by Chick Rains and Michael Martin Murphy

CAPO III

INTRO: G

Harley didn’t have no education
He could hardly read and write
He was locked into a dead-end occupation
His future didn’t look too bright
He worked 18 years on the assembly line
Just gettin’ by with a little bit of overtime
And that could be the end of the story of mine
But it’s just the beginnin’

Late one night while he was workin’ graveyard
Harley got himself this big idea
All he’d have to do is change one little screw
And save millions of dollars a year
So he worked and he saved ‘til he could open his own shop
Money started rollin’ in like it wasn’t gonna stop
So Harley bought a mountain and built a mansion on top
So the losers could see who was winning

CHORUS:
Only in America
With nothin’ but [D/F#]a dream
Only in America
Where every man’s a king

First Harley’s daughter Janice found a guru
She gave him everything she owned
Then Harley Junior joined some kind of rock band
And walked around all day about half stoned
His wife watched TV all the time ‘cause she got bored
Then one day she found a TV preacher she adored
And she gave all of Harley’s hard-earned money to the Lord
Harley started drinkin’ wound up in Betty Ford
To see if he could buy a happy ending

Then some kid who worked in Harley’s factory
He got himself this big idea
Figured out how to do it with computers
Drove Harley out of business in a year
Now Harley’s back workin’ the assembly line
Just gettin’ by with a little bit of overtime
But don’t count Harley out ‘cause he ain’t the quittin’ kind
He stares at that computer with one thing on his mind
How to make them things more user friendly

CHORUS (2x)

G out