I Got a Gig Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Dm][G]
[Dm][G][Dm][C][Dm][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]Eight line
ma[Dm]chine and [G]a sailor's daughter
[Dm]Some[G]thin' makes 'em [Dm]crazy
[G]growin' up on [Bb]the water
[G]Playin' for my sup[Dm]per six [G]nights a week
[Bb]Hurrican[G]es,
East[C]er and [Dm]New Y[C#]ear's [Bb]Eve
[C]Four tin walls now there ain't much left
[Dm]Look[G]in' like a homeless
Cheers on meth
[C]Homer's in the corner,
breakin' up a fight
[Dm]Good Lord,[G] I hope I get paid tonig[C]ht
[G]I got[Dm] a gig,[G] bab[Dm]y[G]
[Bb][G]

[Verse 2]
[C]
[G]Burnt fried chi[D]cken and Lon[G]e Star bee[D]r
[G]Cops and [D]the kids drink [G]free 'round here
[Bb]Girl[G], behind the bar i[Dm]s ta[G]kin'
what she's [Dm]givin'
Ly[G]in' about her [D]past and
try[C]in' [G]to make a livin'
[C]Broke pool table and hard luck cues
[Dm]Go t[G]ell your mama,
I done paid my dues
[C]Every one around here knows my name
[G]Six nights a week in the neon flame
I [Dm]got a [G]gig, baby,

[Interlude 1]
I got a gig
[G][Dm][G]
[Bb]
[C]There's an

[Verse 3]
[G]old lion [D]tamer
[G]parked behind the bar
[Dm]Hundred [G]pounds of weed[D] in a [G]stolen car[Bb]
[G]Oil patch boys and girls
who went to college
Rules you don't [D]break and laws
that [G]ain't acknowledged
[C]Barefoot shrimper with
a pistol up his sleeve
[Dm]Some[G] will go to Heaven,
some will never leave
[C]Pills in the tip jar, blood on the strings
[Bb]Oh L[G]ord,
I never thought I'd see these things
I gotta gig, [Dm]baby,
[G]I got a gig

[Interlude 2]
[G][Bb][C][G][C][Bb]
[G][Bb][C]
[Gm][G]

[Verse 4]
[G]Eight line machine and a sailor's daughter
[Bb]Some[G]thin' makes 'em crazy
growin' [Bb]up on the water
I'm [G]playin' for my supper
[D]six [G]nights a [Gm]week
[Bb]Hurrican[G]es, Easter and New Year's Eve
I [C]got a [G]gig, baby, I got a gig
[C]I got a g[G]ig, bab[Dm]y,
[G]I g[Dm]ot a[G][Dm][Gm][G]
[Bb]gig
[G]I got [Gm]a gi[G]g[C][Gm][G][Gm][G]

[Outro 1]
[Dm]
[G]
[Gm][G]
[Gm][C][G][Dm][G]