Sex and Gasoline Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Sex[A][Am]
[A][Am][A][Asus2][A][Am]
[A]and
[Am]Gasoline by Rodney Crowell
[Asus2][Am]

[Verse 2]
[Am]So much beauty abs & tush
Swoop [Asus4]down on y[Am]ou like a burnin bush
Pop religion bullwhip thin
Says [Asus4]you ain't [Am]nothing but
the shape you're in
[A]Come [D]on now girl genuflect
nude [A]magazine[Am][A]
[Am]This mean [D]old world runs on
[F]sex and gasoline

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
[Am]19 candles adorn your cake
Life's [Asus4]simple pl[Am]easures
is a chance you take
So here?s the skinny indulge the urge
Then some[Asus4]time late[Am]r you[Asus4]
can binge & purge
Come [D]on little girl we both
know what I [A]mean[Am]
This [D]mean old world runs on [F]sex
and gasol[Am]ine

[Interlude 2]
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[D][Am]

[Verse 4]
Your pushing [Am]thirty why you old hag
[Asus4]Here?s something dirty for[Am]
your shopping bag
You spend the money and
here?s the deal
We?ll [Asus4]do our best[Am] to mend
your sex appeal
Ah come [D]on dear girl the process
is [Am]routine[Asus4]
[Am]This mean [D]old world runs on
[F]sex and gasoline

[Interlude 3]
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[Verse 5]
Your over [Am]forty that's it for you
[Asus4]I?m pretty sure there?s nothing
else that we can do
[Am]Perhaps the convent, perhaps the knife
You [Asus4]woulda coulda shoulda
[Am]been a rich man's wife
Come [D]on old girl Lolita in her
prime was yet [Am]thirteen
[D]This star crossed world runs on [F]sex
and gasol[Am]ine

[Interlude 4]
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[D][Am][D]
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[Verse 6]
Tired ole story [Am]sad but true
We mama?s boy?s have got it in for you
Our faults are many our virtues nil
We never loved you and we never will
Ah [A]come [D]on now girl,
It?s time we both come [Am]clean[Asus4][Am]
This [D]mean old world runs on
[F]sex and gasol[Am]ine
From the [D]first grade princess to the
last homecoming [Am]queen
The Star crossed world runs
on sex [D]an d gasoline
The whole wide world runs
on [F]sex and gasol[Am]ine
Oh yes and [F]your mama?s world ran
on [G]sex and gasoline

[Outro 1]
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