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When The Pin Hits The Shell
Drive-by Truckers
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When The Pin Hits The Shell
By Drive-by Truckers
F C
You can lie to your Mama, you can lie to your race
F Bb
But you can�t lie to nobody with that cold steel in your face
F C
And the same God that you�re so afraid is gonna send you to hell
F Bb
Is the same one you�re gonna answer to when the pin hits the shell
F C
Well, Your sister�s been blaming everybody
F Bb
I don�t blame her, man, I guess I�d do the same
F C
if you was my brother, man, I�d probably stand by you.
F Bb
But you ain�t, man, so I got to go my way.
Chorus 1:
Dm
And I ain�t gonna crawl upon no high horse
Bb
Cause I got thrown off of one
F
When I was young and I ain�t no cowboy
Bb
So I ain�t going where I don�t belong
Dm
It wouldn�t do you no good to let you know that
Bb
It damned near killed me too
F Bb
So I ain�t gonna mourn for you, man, now that you�re gone
Me and you, we liked our pills and our whiskey
But you don�t want your head full of either one when the house gets quiet and dark
Having fun used to be so damned easy
Racing trains from 2nd Street to Avalon
Chorus 2:
Take a trip down memory lane
You don�t see no friendly faces
All the houses have been painted and
Nobody knows your name.
It�s enough to make a man not want
To be nobody�s Daddy
When all he thinks he�s got left to hand down is guilt and shame
Chorus 1
You can lie to your Mama, you can lie to your race
But you can�t lie to nobody with that cold steel in your face
And the same God that you�re so afraid is gonna send you to hell
Is the same one you�re gonna answer to when the pin hits the shell
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