Intro: G  C  G

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Johnny Gunn he's a guitar player
makin next to nothin' in a bar nowhere he says
  C
damn the money
         G
oh, damn the money

Counts his tips, buy a shot of booze
Grabs his lucky strike lights another fuse he says
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damn the money
         G
oh, damn the money


Bridge:
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Well, he dreams of someplace warm and sunny
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livin' in the land of milk and honey
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well brother ain't that funny, damn the money


Rita Brown she's a bank teller
she's got green in her eyes and the green on her fingers she says
damn the money
oh, damn the money

Shakes her head counts another grand
while the hundreds fly through her poor little hand she says
damn the money
oh damn the money

Bridge:
Well she dreams about someplace warm and sunny
livin' in the land of milk and honey
well sister ain't life funny, damn the money

Instrumental: C  D  C  

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It sure seems like so much life is spent searchin' for the promised land
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but the time that's lost worryin' 'bout the cost will never come back again
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It'll break us in the end,         damn the money


Now, drivin' along this long highway thinkin'
'bout the dream I let slip away he says
I say damn the money, yeah damn the money

Now I know the ways that she used to feel
when I was gone too long tryin' to close some deal
I say damn the money, oh damn the money

Bridge:
Callin home from someplace warm and sunny
runnin' from the land of milk and honey
the way we look at life is funny, damn the money

Damn the money
Damn the money
yeah, damn the money

yeah.