south dakota Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]It [C]was[G] the 23rd of May and I
heard the sergeant say,
"Fuck it, [C]round up the usual
suspects and call it a [G]day
We've got [D]no time to mess around
And I'm not [C]dy ing in this shit hole
town for a [G]soldier's [C]pay"[G]

[Verse 2]
It was [G]too good to be true,
but my discharge came through
And I was [C]on the first bird
out that I [G]could find
Rode [D]that C- 17 into Stut[C]tgart
Fall roundup [Am]on my mind
[G][C]

[Verse 3]
[G]
When my brothers picked me up
We got way deep in our cups
We [C]must've tore old Rapid city [G]down
[D]My big brother Jack said "Boy
it's [C]good to see you back
What you [G]gonna do now,
what you gonna do now?"
Because [D]there ain't

[Verse 4]
much between
the Pole and South [G]Dakota[C]
[D]And barbed wire won't sto[C]p the[G] wind
You [A]won't get [Am]nothing
here but broke and older
[C]If I was you[D] I might re- up again
[G][C]

[Verse 5]
[G]
Well, we had good rain this year
Dad fed in some charolais steers
Got them [C]way cheap out of Texas
Because of the [G]drouth
We put [D]them out on oats
They hadn't yet [C]grown their
winter coats away down [G]south

[Verse 6]
It [G]was barely even fall
But that blizzard got them all
Left [C]them sprawled across
the pasture Stiff [G]as boards
You take a sharp [D]knife in your hand
Skin them [C]out while you still can
And curse [G]the lord
[D]Curse [C]the lord

[Interlude 1]
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[C]These old

[Verse 7]
[G]hides are not worth much
So we'll pitch them off the truck
[C]Pile them up by the horse
trough in the [G]lot
Because they [D]sell by the pound
They weigh like [C]lead if you
wet them down
And they're all we [G]got

[Verse 8]
[G]With a gas lease or two
we might've just made due
But there's [C]nothing under this
ground worth [G]a dime
Now the sher[D]iff's on his way
and it's dam[C]n sure not our day
It's just our [G]time

[Outro 1]
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