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Maggie And Terre Roche - If You Empty Out All Your Pockets 
                         (You Could Not Make The Change)
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Intro]
  C   F    C   F     C(4x)
[Verse 1]
Before I went to jail
When I was Fsayin' that I was freeC  
You was lined up down the avenue
Just about as Gfar as I could see
You got Fone eye on my dungarees
And another on my reCviews
And a third one on the waitress
She was Gstraightenin' up the Cpews
[Chorus]
She was Fpassin' around a basket
She was wipin' off the Cspoon
She was readin' the handGwriting on the Fmoon (handwriting on the Cmoon)
[Verse 2]
You call yourself a handyman
You can do Fanything with your Chands
Telling me about your family
GTelling me about your plans
Yeah, well FI ain't got the belly for this
And you ain't got the Cbrains
And if you emptied out all of your pockets, honey
You Gcould not make the Cchange
[Chorus]
She keeps Fpassin' around that basket
You keep droppin' in your Cdues
Instead of readin' the handGwriting on the Fmoon (handwriting on the Cmoon)
[Verse 3]
FMine sure ain't the belly
And I know yours ain't the Cbrains
And if you emptied out all your pockets, honey
You Gcould not make the Cchange
If you emptied out all of your pockets, baby
You Gcould not make the FchangeC___
[Outro]         (fade to end)
F   C   F   C   F   C

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If You Empty Out All Your Pockets

by Maggie Roche

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

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Maggie And Terre Roche - If You Empty Out All Your Pockets

(You Could Not Make The Change)

CAPO: 4th Fret

[Intro]

C F C F C

(4x)

[Verse 1]

Before I went to jail

F C

When I was sayin' that I was free

You was lined up down the avenue

Just about as far as I could see

You got one eye on my dungarees

And another on my reviews

And a third one on the waitress

G C

She was straightenin' up the pews

[Chorus]

She was passin' around a basket

She was wipin' off the spoon

G F C

She was readin' the handwriting on the moon (handwriting on the moon)

[Verse 2]

You call yourself a handyman

F C

You can do anything with your hands

Telling me about your family

Telling me about your plans

Yeah, well I ain't got the belly for this

And you ain't got the brains

And if you emptied out all of your pockets, honey

G C

You could not make the change

[Chorus]

She keeps passin' around that basket

You keep droppin' in your dues

G F C

Instead of readin' the handwriting on the moon (handwriting on the moon)

[Verse 3]

Mine sure ain't the belly

And I know yours ain't the brains

And if you emptied out all your pockets, honey

G C

You could not make the change

If you emptied out all of your pockets, baby

G F C

You could not make the change___

[Outro] (fade to end)

F C F C F C

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