Jerry Was a Clerk Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[B]Me and a couple friend[F#]s,
we had a big idea
[Em]About getting mone[C]y
and getting out of here
[A]We were wide-eyed dreamers
[Em]dreamers of [C]wealth

[Verse 2]
[B]We were getting tir[F#]ed of killing time
[Em]Filling up our h[C]eads with cheap wine
[A]Jerry had a van so [Em]we could
make our [C]es cape

[Verse 3]
He would [C]say,
"boys our [Em]time [Bm]has c[A]ome
To live [F]among the priv[Em]ileged

[Interlude 1]
ones"
[C][Am][C][Em][Am]

[Verse 4]
[B]Now it was Jerry's [F#]plan
but we all agreed
[Em]Skip town and split the [C]money up evenly
[A]Lay low 'til the win[Em]ter rolled in[C]

[Verse 5]
[B]He said, "I know an old far[F#]mer
doesn't trust the bank
[Em]Keeps his money buried [C]out
behind his water tank
[A]He told me once when he was
[Em]out [C]of his mind"

[Verse 6]
[C]"Oh, boys our [Bm]time has [A]come
To live [F]among the priv[Em]ileged

[Interlude 2]
ones"
[C][Am][C][Em][Am]

[Verse 7]
[B]Now Jerry had a g[F#]irl,
the only one of [Em]us
To ever have [C]one last and so
no question[A]s asked
She'd be the fourth [Em]one [C]involved

[Verse 8]
[B]Her name was Mary-Anne and[F#]
and she was nice enough
[Em]Always a cashier, [C]only once in love
[A]With Jerry - the dre[Em]amer
and [C]the clerk

[Verse 9]
Who said, [C]"Boys our [Bm]time has [A]come
To [F]live among the priv[Em]ileged ones"

[Interlude 3]
[C][Am]
[C][Em][Am][C][Em]
[Am][G][C][Am]

[Verse 10]
[B]So on that Friday [F#]night
on which we all agreed
[Em]We took our shovels
and crep[C]t out carefully
[A]Through the farmyard dar[Em]ker tha[C]n sin

[Verse 11]
[B]The plan went off[F#] without a hitch
[Em]'Til we passed the chick[C]en
coop and Mary tripped
[A]Turned the hens to [Em]sirens
in the [C]night

[Verse 12]
And when the [C]farmhouse [Bm]lights turned [A]on
A [F]warning shot rang out into
[Em]the dawn
[C]

[Verse 13]
And we [Am]ran like hell f[C]or Jerry's van
But [Am]when we arrived we were
only [C]three
And while [Am]Jerry's greed
fed gas to the engine
[C]His wor[Am]ds showed us
a coward we'd never [C]seen

[Verse 14]
As he said [C]"Boys our [Bm]time
has [A]come
We're gon[F]na save ourselves and
live among the [Em]privileged ones"