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Beer Run
Todd Snider
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"Beer Run" - Todd Snider
Standard Tuning
Capo 2nd Fret
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all we need is a ten and five-er,
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A car and key and a sober driver.
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A couple of frat guys from Abilene
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drove out all night to see Robert Earl Keen
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at the K-PIG Swine and Soire Dance.
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They wore baseball caps and khaki pants.
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They wanted cigarettes,
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so to save a little money
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They bummed one off this hippie
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That smelled kinda funny.
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And next thing they knew they were
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both pretty hungry and
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pretty thirsty too
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B-double E double R U-N beer run
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all we need is a ten and five-er,
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A car and key and a sober driver.
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They found a store with a sign that said their beer was coldest.
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So they sent in Brad 'cause he looked the oldest.
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He got a case of beer and a candy bar,
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walked over to where all the registers are
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laid his fake I.D. on the
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counter top.
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The clerk looked, and turned to
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look back up and stopped.
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He said "Son, I ain't gonna call the
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cops, but I'm gonna have to keep this card"
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the guys both took it pretty hard.
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oh how happy we would be
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had we only brought a better fake I.D.
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They met another old hippie named Sleepy John,
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claimed to be the one from the Robert Earl song.
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So they gave him all their cash, he bought them some brews.
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Was a beautiful day out in Santa Cruz
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They were feelin' so good it
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Should of been a crime.
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The crowd was cool,
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and the band was prime.
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They made it back up front to their seats
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Just in time to they could sing with all their friends
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"the road goes on forever and the
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party never ends".
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B-double E double R U-N beer run
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all we need is a ten and five-er,
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A car and key and a sober driver.
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B-double E double R U-N beer run
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