Robert Earl Keen - Blow You Away A = x02220 D(add9) = xx0230 E = 022100 ************************************************************************************** A D(D(add9) INTRO A D(add9) E You take off from work a bit early, A D(add9) E The boss doesn't care if you stay. A D(add9) E A The guard with the key has to check your ID, D(add9) E A But he'd just as soon blow you away. A D(add9) E The cops have stopped ten miles of traffic, A D(add9) E They're sorry for all the delay. A D(add9) E A No need for alarm as they're waving their arms, D(add9) E A But they'd just as soon blow you away. A D(add9) E Two pretty blondes in a Porsche, A D(add9) E Their bumper says 'We Love L.A.' A D(add9) E A They look pretty fair but they're crazy out there, D(add9) E A They'd just as soon blow you away. A D(add9) E You got in some trouble in high school, A D(add9) E But you feel like a new man today. A D(add9) E A You keep to yourself because anyone else. D(add9) E A Would just as soon blow you away. A D(add9) A(add9) INSTRUMENTAL A D(add9) E You're standin' in front of the teller, A D(add9) E She's countin' out all of your pay. A D(add9) E A There's twenties and ones and there's guards with their guns, D(add9) E A And they'd just as soon blow you away. A D(add9) E And one old ex-con at the station, A D(add9) E Fixes flats in the back of the bay. A D(add9) E A He winks and he jokes and he borrows a smoke, D(add9) E A But he'd just as soon blow you away. A D(add9) E You like the new girl at the hotel, A D(add9) E She drops your room key in the tray. A D(add9) E A No words will pass through the bullet-proof glass, D(add9) E A 'Cause she'd just as soon blow you away. A D(add9) A(add9) INSTRUMENTAL A D(add9) E You climb up the stairs every evening, A D(add9) E To your room right above the cafe. A D(add9) E A There ain't much mystique but you pay every week, D(add9) E A Cause they'd just as soon blow you away. A D(add9) E And you turn out the light that you read by, A D(add9) E You pray that you're one of the few. A D(add9) E A When you're in with the Lord there's just one reward, D(add9) E A And they'd just as soon make it come true. A D(add9) A(add9) INSTRUMENTAL A D(add9) E The mattress is mildewed and lumpy, A D(add9) E But you fall fast asleep where you lay. A D(add9) E A Under the lump there's a twenty gauge pump, D(add9) E A Cause they'd just as soon blow you away.