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On The Nickel

Capo on 1st Fret. 

C/D = 300010
D7sus4 = xx0213
G#m = xx6444
C#7 = x46464
Esus2 = 09990x

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b-------|--------|6-7------|--------|---------|-------|6-7-------|
G-------|------8-|---------|------8-|6--------|-----8-|----6-----|
D-------|----9---|---------|----9---|---------|----9--|--------6-|
A---9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9-----|-----9-8-|6-9----|------9---|
E-------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-------|----------|


e----------|-----||
b----------|-----||
G----------|-----||
D-8------6-|-----||
A---9--9---|9----||
E----------|-----||

Verse 1:
C                      G
Sticks and Stones will Break my Bones,
C                    G
But I always will be true,
C                     G        Em   
And when your mama is dead and gone,
               Am               D7sus4-D7-C/D 
I'll Sing this Lullaby just for you,
C                           G 
And what becomes of all the little boys,
C                    G
Who never comb their hair
C         A            G         Em
Well they line up all around the block
       Am7    D7   G
On the Nickel over there.


Verse 2:
C                     G
So you better bring a bucket,
C                      G
There is a hole in the pail,
C                       G  Em
And if you don't get my letter,
               Am            D7sus4-D7-C/D 
Then you'll know that I'm in jail
C                                  G 
And what becomes of all the little boys,
C                   G
Who never say their prayers,
C            A             G   Em
Well they're sleepin' like a baby,
       Am7    D7   G
On the Nickel over there.

         
e------|--------|------------|--------|-----||
b------|--------|7-8---------|--------|-----||
G------|------8-|----7-------|------10|-8---||
D------|----9---|------------|-----11-|-----||
A--9-8-|6-9-----|------11-10-|8-11----|-----||
E------|--------|------------|--------|-----||


D              A
And if you chew tobacco,
D              A
And wish upon a star,
D                              A          F#m 
Well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
          Bm                    E7 
Just like puchlines between the cars,
D                          A
And I know a place where a royal flush,
D                A 
Can never beat a pair,
D   B           A     F#m
And even Thomas Jefferson,
          Bm     E7   A
Is on the Nickel over There.


D                  A
So ring around the rosie,
D                     A 
You're sleepin in the rain,
D                          A  F#m
And you're always late for supper,
            B                         E7 
And man you let me down, let me down again,
D                   A 
I thought I heard a mocking bird,
D              A
Roosevelt knows where,
D       B                   A     F#m
You can skip the light with Grady Tuck,
               Bm     E    A
They're on the Nickel over There.

     
e--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||
b--------|---------|9-10----------|---------|------||
G--------|------10-|------9-------|-------12|-10---||
D--------|----11---|--------------|-----13--|------||
A--11-10-|8-11-----|--------13-12-|10-13----|------||
E--------|---------|--------------|---------|------||

E                         B
So what becomes of all the little boys,
E                  B 
That run away from home,
E                         B       G#m     
Well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
C#m                      F#7
Once you get out on your own,
E                          B
So here's to all the little boys,
E                    B
The sandman takes you where,
E      C#                B         G#m
You're sleepin' with the pillow of man,
       C#m    F#7  B
On the Nickel over There. 

Esus2 E                     B 
      So climb up thru that buttonhole,
Esus2 E                    B
      And fall right up the stairs,
E             C#7       B          G#m        
I'll show you where the short dogs grow,
       C#m      F#7  Esus2  E
On the Nickel...over There.

e--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
b--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
G--------|----------12-|-11-12---------|---------9-|-7--||
D--------|-------13----|-------12------|------10---|----||
A--13-12-|-10-13-------|----------10-9-|-7-10------|----||
E--------|-------------|---------------|-----------|----||
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