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Carpetbaggers Tab

by Jenny Lewis


This is my first post and first tab ever. Comments welcome! Just remember that 
I've only been playing for a week, so try to be quasi-kind.  Stanks! 


INTRO:          x 2


                                  
They come to town when the war is over
                              
Dirty boots in the middle of the night
                                
Trolling the bars, hitting on the soldiers
                         
Boys give it up without a fight
                             
They say, “Hey, boy, how about your place?
                               
I know you really want to take me home”
                              
Drop the bags off on the bedroom floor
                            
They make love with the lights on, saying

                    
“I’m a carpetbagger, baby
                  
I’m coming to your town

I’m going to treat you kind

I’m going to rob you blind

I’ll smile all the time
           
Whoa, yeah
           
Whoa, yeah
           
Whoa, yeah
     

                                  
Sally could have had any one of the boys
                                               
But she couldn’t love no one she could not control
                          
Friend of mine and her got married
                                 
I don’t hear too much from them anymore
                                 
Last I heard, he had a rope around his neck
                           
Dragging around the grocery store
                     	                
Carrying her bags and pushing down the aisles
                                            
Saying, “I ain’t got no home in this world anymore”


                    
“I’m a carpetbagger, baby
                  
I’m coming to your town

I’m going to treat you kind

I’m going to rob you blind

I’ll smile all the time
           
Whoa, yeah
           
Whoa, yeah
           
Whoa, yeah
     

                                   
They come to town when the party’s over
                                  
Books been written and truths been tried
                                     
They’ll take it all if the door’s left open
                                   
Steal the nose right from under your eyes


                    
Singing, “I’m a carpetbagger, baby
                  
I’m coming to your town

I’m going to treat you kind

I’m going to rob you blind

I’ll smile all the time
           
Whoa, yeah
           
Whoa, yeah
           
Whoa, yeah