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The Other Shoe

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One old brown Gshoe falls in slow Cmotion
And Embedsprings hover Cright above your Dhead
As bedsprings Gdo when your beCneath them
EmSomeone else just Cclimbed into your Dbed
By the Ctime she thought you'd probably got to GPhoenixG7  
   CShe'd arranged for your shoes to be DfilledD7  
 Em[ring]           B7[ring]     Am[ring]    C  
   You've got your pride, and a blue steel .45
And your Amwaitin' for the Cother shoe to GfallG7  
Yeah, your Amwaitin' for the Cother shoe to Gfall
You'll dig a double Ggrave out in the Cmeadow
And you'll Emcurse the rain that Cturns the dirt to DmudD7  
You'll take the 3G5 south towards LarCedo
And you'll Emtry to find a Cdoctor
Who can Emprescribe an elCixir
That'll Emmake everything Cbetter
Except your Emlate wife and her Clover
By the Ctime she thought you'd probably got to GPhoenixG7  
She'd Csealed her fate and gotten herself DkilledD7  
 Em[ring]                     B7             Am  C  
   You've got your pride, and a blue steel .45
And your Amwaitin' for the Cother shoe to GfallG7  
Yeah, your Amwaitin' for the Cother shoe to GfallG7  
Yeah, your Amwaitin' for the Cother shoe to Gfall-----Am  C  G  

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The Other Shoe

by Old 97's

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G C

One old brown shoe falls in slow motion

Em C D

And bedsprings hover right above your head

G C

As bedsprings do when your beneath them

Em C D

Someone else just climbed into your bed

C G G7

By the time she thought you'd probably got to Phoenix

C D D7

She'd arranged for your shoes to be filled

Em B7 Am C

[ring] [ring] [ring]

You've got your pride, and a blue steel .45

Am C G G7

And your waitin' for the other shoe to fall

Am C G

Yeah, your waitin' for the other shoe to fall

G C

You'll dig a double grave out in the meadow

Em C D D7

And you'll curse the rain that turns the dirt to mud

G C

You'll take the 35 south towards Laredo

Em C

And you'll try to find a doctor

Em C

Who can prescribe an elixir

Em C

That'll make everything better

Em C

Except your late wife and her lover

C G G7

By the time she thought you'd probably got to Phoenix

C D D7

She'd sealed her fate and gotten herself killed

Em B7 Am C

[ring]

You've got your pride, and a blue steel .45

Am C G G7

And your waitin' for the other shoe to fall

Am C G G7

Yeah, your waitin' for the other shoe to fall

Am C G Am C G

Yeah, your waitin' for the other shoe to fall-----

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