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Big Shot Rich Man by Jason Boland & The Stragglers
Big Shot Rich Man
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
E B7 E (x2)
[Verse 1]
E B7 A E
Folks like me, they’re always moving, it seems to be the only way to stay
E B7 A
There ain’t nothin too strange or too confusing, it’s better to change a little
E
every day
E B7 A E
Some folks travel, some folks settle, some folks own and some folks rent
E B7 A E
Some folks marry, some just stay single, everybody wonders where the money went
[Chorus]
E B7 A
I don’t wanna to live like a big shot rich man, I don’t wanna live like a branded
E
slave
E B7 A E
I just want to give some land to my children, so they won’t have to buy my grave
[Verse 2]
E B7 A E
I want to go back to California, I want to be in that state once more
E B7 A
When the floods come in and the quakes are over, I hope I'm not sittin’ on the
E
ocean floor
E B7 A E
Gonna be with my friends back in Oklahoma, gonna settle down on a piece of ground
E B7 A
I’ll have a hundred wives and a mess of puppies, I could live my life like a
E
natural hound
[Chorus]
E B7 A
I don’t wanna to live like a big shot rich man, I don’t wanna live like a branded
E
slave
E B7 A E
I just want to give some land to my children, so they won’t have to buy my grave
[Solo]
E B7 A E (x4)
[Bridge]
E B7 A E
Gonna roll me a reefer, seven foot long, smoke that reefer, I got turned on
E B7 A
Well I hocked my tape deck made in Hong Kong, I bought some more reefer, now my
E
money’s gone
[Chorus]
E B7 A
I don’t wanna to live like a big shot rich man, I don’t wanna live like a branded
E
slave
E B7 A E
I just want to give some land to my children, so they won’t have to buy my grave
[Chorus]
E B7 A
I don’t wanna to live like a big shot rich man, I don’t wanna live like a branded
E
slave
E B7 A E
I just want to give some land to my children, so they won’t have to buy my grave
B7 A E
So they won't, I said so they won't, have to buy my grave
[Solo]
E B7 A E
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