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Capo 5
[Intro] 
G C
[Verse 1]
GThe trickin' leads to my worried mind
My worried mind, it leads to Cyou
And thinkin' of Dyou leads to Gnowhere
But to the Devil in the Docean Cblue
I ask the Dmoon for Gorchids
She said "How 'bout a Ddrop of Emblood from a Drolling Cstone?"
She never fails to Dtickle my funny boneG  
[Verse 2]
GHow do you steal what you really want
When what you really want is Cfree?
And how do you dDeal when you Glost at the wheel
Only thinkin' how Dit 'oughta Cbe?
Held my lDove for rGansom
And posted Da rewEmard I Dcannot aCfford
A dynamite from the Dceiling to the Gfloor
[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah from your onCe-eyed-jacks To your Drolled up trips
I'll be Ggone when your pocket Caces flip
And there B/Cain't no Driver that Cneeds a Gdam
Just a Emslow and Dsteady Cdrip
[Chorus]
I'll be your D/Gburn Em/GcardG  
Em/GLost in the shuffle at theD/G  
Em/GBottom of the deck, yeah
D/GTryin' to hide
But the Em/Ghighway's low
And the D/Glow way's mine
You can Em/Gburn    D/G       Em/G  D/Gme eteEm/Grnally
D/GOut to the snow and the Em/Gwind and the rain
And D/Gagain and again and Em/Gagain and
I'm just Dleavin' a little worse than when I Gcame
G C D  G D C D  G Em C D G
[Verse 3]
GTrouble is as a trouble does
When it's on a troubled Cmind
Reasons Dcome and Greasons will go
When the blind are Dfollowin' the Cblind
The coffin Din that Gcradle
The daughter and the DHoly EmGhost in the Dsame rCoom
Me, I'm just makin' the Ddust fly with the Gbroom
[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah from your onCe-eyed-jacks To your Drolled up trips
I'll be Ggone when your pocket Caces flip
And there B/Cain't no Driver that Cneeds a Gdam
Just a Emslow and Dsteady Cdrip
[Chorus]
I'll be your D/Gburn Em/GcardD/G  Em/G  G  
Em/GLost in the shuffle at theD/G  
Em/GBottom of the deck, yeD/Gah
Em/GTryin' to hide
Where thD/Ge aces are low and the Em/Gblinds are too high
You D/Gcan Em/Gburn     D/G       Em/G       D/G    Em/Gme D/Geternally
Em/GOut to the snow and the D/Gwind and the rain
And Em/Gagain and again and D/Gagain andEm/G  
I'm just Dleavin' a little worse than when I Gcame
C D G C  B/C D C G Em F D C   G C G C

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Burn Card

by The Barr Brothers

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

B/C

D/G

Em/G

Capo 5

[Intro]

G C

[Verse 1]

The trickin' leads to my worried mind

My worried mind, it leads to you

D G

And thinkin' of you leads to nowhere

D C

But to the Devil in the ocean blue

D G

I ask the moon for orchids

D Em D C

She said "How 'bout a drop of blood from a rolling stone?"

D G

She never fails to tickle my funny bone

[Verse 2]

How do you steal what you really want

When what you really want is free?

D G

And how do you deal when you lost at the wheel

D C

Only thinkin' how it 'oughta be?

D G

Held my love for ransom

D Em D C

And posted a reward I cannot afford

D G

A dynamite from the ceiling to the floor

[Pre-Chorus]

C D

Yeah from your one-eyed-jacks To your rolled up trips

G C

I'll be gone when your pocket aces flip

B/C D C G

And there ain't no river that needs a dam

Em D C

Just a slow and steady drip

[Chorus]

D/G Em/G G

I'll be your burn card

Em/G D/G

Lost in the shuffle at the

Em/G

Bottom of the deck, yeah

D/G

Tryin' to hide

Em/G

But the highway's low

D/G

And the low way's mine

Em/G D/G Em/G D/G Em/G

You can burn me eternally

D/G Em/G

Out to the snow and the wind and the rain

D/G Em/G

And again and again and again and

D G

I'm just leavin' a little worse than when I came

G C D G D C D G Em C D G

[Verse 3]

Trouble is as a trouble does

When it's on a troubled mind

D G

Reasons come and reasons will go

D C

When the blind are followin' the blind

D G

The coffin in that cradle

D Em D C

The daughter and the Holy Ghost in the same room

D G

Me, I'm just makin' the dust fly with the broom

[Pre-Chorus]

C D

Yeah from your one-eyed-jacks To your rolled up trips

G C

I'll be gone when your pocket aces flip

B/C D C G

And there ain't no river that needs a dam

Em D C

Just a slow and steady drip

[Chorus]

D/G Em/G D/G Em/G G

I'll be your burn card

Em/G D/G

Lost in the shuffle at the

Em/G D/G

Bottom of the deck, yeah

Em/G

Tryin' to hide

D/G Em/G

Where the aces are low and the blinds are too high

D/G Em/G D/G Em/G D/G Em/G D/G

You can burn me eternally

Em/G D/G

Out to the snow and the wind and the rain

Em/G D/G Em/G

And again and again and again and

D G

I'm just leavin' a little worse than when I came

C D G C B/C D C G Em F D C G C G C

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