E  B7 E A A7  E B7 E

[Verse 1]
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I'm broke an' I ain't got a dime
    A           A7     E          E7
I'm broke and I ain't got a dime
     A      A7          E
I am broke, ain't got a dime
     E                   B7       E
Everybody gets some hard luck sometime

[Verse 2]
      E                B7    C7         E   E7
I was standin' on East Cairo Street one day
      A                A7               E
I was standing on East Cairo Street one day
A                A7               E
Standing on East Cairo Street one day
    E        B7     E
One dime was all I  had

[Instrumental]
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A  A7  E
A  A7  E
E B7 E

[Verse 3]
      E     B7         C7       E   E7
Mama, don't treat your daughter mean
A           A7                  E
Mama, don't treat your daughter mean
A           A7                  E
Mama, don't treat your daughter mean
           E                        B7   E
That's the meanest woman a man most ever seen

[Verse 4]
      E                    B7       C7    E    E7
You want your friend to be bad like Jesse James?
               A           A7              E
You want your friend to be bad like Jesse James?
               A           A7              E
You want your friend to be bad like Jesse James?
    E                              B7        E
Get two six shooters, highway some passenger train

[Instrumental]
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A  A7  E
A  A7  E
E B7 E

[Verse 5]
      E      B7  C7 E   E7
One dime was all I  had
      A      A7    E
One dime was all I had
      A      A7    E
One dime was all I had
      E    B7       E
Gotta be a sportin' lad

[Verse 6]
  E           B7       E     E7
I bought that Morning News, Lord
  A                   E   E7
I bought that Morning News
  A                   E
I bought that Morning News
     E          B7    E
Then I bought a cigar too