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	Current version of Tom T. Hall Lyrics Ballad Of Forty Dollars (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/tom-t-hall/ballad-of/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Tom T. Hall Lyrics Ballad Of Forty Dollars (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/t/tom-t-hall/ballad-of/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	The man who preached the funeral						The man who preached the funeral said it really	1
2	Said it really was a simple way to die						was a simple way to die He laid down to rest one	2
3	He laid down to rest one afternoon						afternoon and never opened up his eyes They hired	3
4	And never opened up his eyes						me and Fred and Joe to dig the grave and carry up	4
5	They hired me                         and Fred and Joe						some chairs It took us seven hours and I guess we	5
6	To dig the grave and carry up some chairs						must have drunk a case of beer	6
1	It took us seven hours							1
2	And I guess we must have drunk a case of beer							2
7	I guess I ought to go and watch them put 'im down						I guess I ought to go and watch them put him down	7
8	But I don't own a suit						but I don't own a suit And anyway when they start	8
9	And anyway when they start talkin' about						talking about the fire in Hell, well, I get	9
10	The fire                        in Hell, well, I get spooked						spooked So, I'll just sit here in my truck and act	10
11	So, I'll just sit here in my truck						like I don't know him when they pass Anyway, when	11
12	And act like I don't know 'im when they pass						they're all through I've got to go to work and mow	12
13	Anyway, when they're all through						the grass	13
3	I've got to go to work and mow the grass							3
14	Well, here they come and who's                   that						Well, here they come and who's that ridin' in that	14
15	Ridin' in that big ol' shiny limousine						big ol' shiny limousine Look at all that chrome, I	15
16	Mmh! look at all that chrome, I do believe						do believe that that's the sharpest thing I've	16
17	That that's the sharpest thing I've seen						seen That must belong to his great uncle, someone	17
18	That must belong to his great uncle						said he owned a big ol' farm When they get parked	18
19	Someone said he owned a big ol' farm						I'll mosey down and look it over, that won't do no	19
20	When they get parked I'll mosey down						harm	20
4	And look it over, that won't do no harm							4
21	Well, that must be the widow in the car						Well that must be the widow in the car and would	21
22	And would you take a look at that						you take a look at that That sure is a pretty	22
23	That sure is a pretty dress						dress, you know some women do look good in black	23
24	You know some women do look good in black						Well, he's not even                 in the ground and they say	24
25	Well, he's not even in the ground						that his truck is up for sale They say she took it	25
26	And they say that his truck is up for sale						pretty hard, but you can't tell too much behind	26
27	They say she took it pretty hard						the veil	27
5	But you can't tell too much behind the veil							5
28	Well, listen ain't that pretty						Well, listen ain't that pretty when the bugler	28
29	When the bugler plays the Military "TAPS"						plays the military taps I think that when you's in	29
30	I think that when you's in the war						the war they always had to play a song like that	30
31	They always hide 'n play a song like that						Well here I am and there they go and I guess you'd	31
32	Well, here                    I am and there they go						just call it my bad luck I hope he rests in peace,	32
33	And I guess you'd just call it my bad luck						the trouble is the fellow owes me forty bucks	33
6	I hope he rests in peace, the trouble is							6
7	The fellow owes me forty bucks							7

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