The Lonely Eagles – Been On The Job Too Long Guitar Chords

[Intro]
B

[Verse 1]
B
Twinkle twinkle 'lectric star
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Yonder goes Brady on a 'letric car
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Makin' his way to the freedom line
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He's gonna kill him a sucker, like a bulldog man, he's
            F#     B
Been on the job to long

[Verse 2]
B
Brady was a worker on the telephone wire[s]
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Long come Duncan with a shinin' star
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Looked ol' Brady right through the slats
              B                       F#       B
Said, there's no use in talkin' Brady get your last
            F#     B
Been on the job to long

[Break]
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[Verse 3]
B
Brady replied, and he answered no
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Duncan showed him a sight that would never before
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Said now Brady you're runnin' your 'rrest
    B                          F#      B
Oh, Duncan shot a hole through Brady's chest
            F#     B
Been on the job too long

[Verse 4]
B
Brady had a little twenty-five
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Kill a man about half a mile
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Duncan had a big forty-four
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Well he laid ol' Brady in the barroom door, 'cuz he'd
            F#     B
Been on the job too long

[Break]
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B B F# B
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[Verse 5]
B
Early in the morning, just about nine
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High tailored carriages just standing around
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White and the black, all gathered around
           B                     F#      B
They gonna take Mr. Brady to the buryin' ground
            F#     B
Been on the job too long

[Break]
B B B B
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B B F# B
B F# B B

[Verse 6]
B
Brady went to hell with a crutch in his arm
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Said Mr. Devil well I ain't here long
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Devil says, it' just his way
             B                              F#        B
Well there's never been a sucker here who's ever got away
            F#     B
Been on the job too long

[Verse 7]
B
Brady had a little twenty-five
F#
Kill a man about a half a mile
F#
Duncan had a big forty-four
         B                     F#      B
Well, he laid ol' Brady in the barroom door, 'cuz he'd
            F#      B
Been on the job too long

[Outro]
B B F# B
B F# B B