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The Bottle Rockets
1000 Dollar Car
From the album The Brooklyn Side
Attempted transcription by Joe Wachtel
The verse chords seem to be Em / / / G / / / D / / / C / / /
The chorus chords are Em / G / D
The bridge chords are Am/ / / D/ / / G/ G/ F# / C/ / /
Am/ / / D/ / / C/ / / D/ / /
[Intro]
Em G D C
Em G D C
[Verse 1]
EmA thousand dollar car it Gain't worth nothin'
DA thousand dollar car it Cain't worth shit
EmMight as well take your tGhousand dollars
DAnd set fire to Cit
EmA thousand dollar car ain't Gworth a dime
DYou lose your thousand dollars eCvery time
EmOh why did GI ever Dbuy
A thousand dollar carEm  
[Verse 2]
EmA thousand dollar car is gonna Glet you down
DMore than it's ever gonna Cget you around
ReEmplace your gaskets and paint Gover your rust
You'll Dstill end up with something that you'll Cnever trust
A Emthousand dollar car's Glife was through
'Bout Dfifty thousand miles before it Cgot to you
Oh Emwhy did GI ever Dbuy
A thousand dollar Emcar
[Bridge]
AmA thousand dollar car aiDn't gonna roll
GUntil you put at G/F#least another thCousand in the hole
AmSink your money in it, and tDhere you are
The owner Cof a two thousand dollar tDhousand dollar car
[Verse 3]
EmIf you only got a thousand Gdollars
You Dmight as well buy a good guitCar
EmLearn how to play, it'll get you Gfarther
Than Dany old thousand dollar Ccar
If a Emthousand dollar car was to Gworth a damn
Then Dwhy would anybody ever Cspend ten grand
Oh Emwhy did GI ever Dbuy
Em   G   D   C   Em   G   D   Cuntil done...
A thousand dollar car
All chords in this song (7)

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