Easy Money

 

Written by John Stewart

 

‘Easy Money’ is on the excellent “Cannons in the Rain” album, RCA, 1973, CD re-release together with the RCA 1977 longplayer “Wingless Angels” by Bear Family Records, 1990. 

Now Art, Charlie and I have done all the songs from that great album.

 

 

Capo 2nd fret

 

(E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (A)

(E) Gold (E6)out (E)there,

(E6)Out in (E) Ca(E6)li(E)for(E6)nia,

(E) Get (E6)you a (E)map

To the (A) Dutchman Mine.

(E) Pickin' (E6)up (E)gold

(E6)With our (E) bare (E6)hands, (E)ba(E6)by

(E)When we (E6)got (E)there,

It was (A)stone bone dry.

 

(D) Easy (E)money

Is a (Bm) hard life, (E)baby,

All in (A)all.(D) (E) (Bm) (E) (A)

 

(E) Loafin' (E6)a(E)round, (E6)

(E)Smokin' (E6)and (E)drink(E6)ing,

(E)Woke up (E6)this (E)morning

And you (A)didn't have a dime.

(E) Out on (E6)the (E)street, (E6)(E)

Do you (E6)some (E)dealin', (E6)(E)

Your best (E6)friend, (E)baby,

Was the (A)police all the time.

 

(D) Easy (E)money

Is a (Bm) hard life, (E)baby,

All in (A)all.(D) (E) (Bm) (E) (A)

 

(E) Got (E6)your(E)self, (E6)yes,

A (E)rich (E6)man, (E)ba(E6)by,

Buys you an(E6)y(E)thing

That your (A)little heart desires.

(E) Lots (E6)of (E)clothes, (E6) (E)

Trips to Mex(E6)i(E)co, (E6) (E)

Everybo(E6)dy (E)knows

That (A)he can't light your fire.

 

(D) Easy (E)money

Is a (Bm) hard life, (E)baby,

(D) Easy (E)money

Is a (Bm) hard life, (E)baby,

All in (A)all.

(E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (A)

 

(D) Easy (E)money

Is a (Bm) hard life, (E)baby,

(D) Easy (E)money

Is a (Bm) hard life, (E)baby, (hold)

All in (A)all.

(E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (A)

(E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (A)

(E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (E)(E6) (A)

 

© John Stewart, All Rights Reserved

 

Charlie Woodward, janhauenstein@gmx.de & Art Faller

 

May 2006