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Payday Blues

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[Verse]
N.C.              D  
I got my paycheck today
I think I'll spend it like a Acrazy fool
Or I'll give it all away
Something like the Dgolden rule
[Verse]
N.C.                  D  
And my paycheck ain't hay
But somehow I just don't Aseem to care
Ever since she went away
And left my little house so Dcold and bare
[Verse]
N.C.                        D  
And I won't tell 'em at the bank
What I'm gonna do with Aall my dough
I'll just smile and tell `em thanks
For it's better than they Dshouldn't know
[Verse]
N.C.                    D  
Then I'll go and have a drink
At a little place where I can Asit and think
Cause my baby went away
And left me here on my Dpayday
[Chorus]
GPaaaaaaayday was neDver like this
EPaaaaaaayday, but Awhere is my happiness?
N.C.
I don't know!
[Verse]
N.C.                    D  
Then I'll go and have a drink
At a little place where I can Asit and think
Cause my baby went away
And left me here on my Dpayday
[Chorus]
GPaaaaaaayday was neDver like this
EPaaaaaaayday, but Awhere is my happiness?
N.C.
I don't know!

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Payday Blues

by Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks

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[Verse]

N.C.

I got my paycheck today

I think I'll spend it like a crazy fool

Or I'll give it all away

Something like the golden rule

[Verse]

N.C.

And my paycheck ain't hay

But somehow I just don't seem to care

Ever since she went away

And left my little house so cold and bare

[Verse]

N.C.

And I won't tell 'em at the bank

What I'm gonna do with all my dough

I'll just smile and tell `em thanks

For it's better than they shouldn't know

[Verse]

N.C.

Then I'll go and have a drink

At a little place where I can sit and think

Cause my baby went away

And left me here on my payday

[Chorus]

G D

Paaaaaaayday was never like this

E A

Paaaaaaayday, but where is my happiness?

N.C.

I don't know!

[Verse]

N.C.

Then I'll go and have a drink

At a little place where I can sit and think

Cause my baby went away

And left me here on my payday

[Chorus]

G D

Paaaaaaayday was never like this

E A

Paaaaaaayday, but where is my happiness?

N.C.

I don't know!

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