Buddy Brown - Keep The Shovel Ready Chords

[Verse 1]
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He walked up my porch,           Shook my hand,
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Picked up my daughter, "Yes Sir and yes Ma'am."
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We shut the door,             My wife slapped me,
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She said "he's a gentleman, Why don't you look happy?"
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I said "Baby it's so crazy that you can't see,
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'Cause I've been that guy before, And we only wants one thing."
 
[Chorus 1]
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      That boy's a loaded gun, And he only wants some fun,
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      Well he ain't gonna get it from my little girl,
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      I know boys and how they think, Don't go acting like it's sweet,
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      'Cause I can make it look like an accident for sure,
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      She said "One day your little girls gonna get married,
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      You can't kill these boys" And I said "Maybe not,
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      Just keep the shovel ready".
 
[Verse 2]
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I hid in my garage,            And found the bench press,
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Could've thrown two fifty about fourteen times,
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I paced the house,              Looked out the window,
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'Til his truck pulled in at eleven fifty nine,
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Then he walked her to the door to get a kiss,
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I swung the door wide open scared him to death and it made me grin.
 
[Chorus 2]
                   G              D          Em               C
      'Cause that boy's a loaded gun, And he only wants some fun,
               G                      D               Em               C
      Well he ain't gonna get it from my little girl,
              G                  D              Em                C
      I know boys and how they think, Don't go acting like it's sweet,
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      'Cause I can make it look like an accident for sure,
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      She said "One day your little girls gonna get married,
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      You can't kill these boys" And I said "Maybe not,
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      But I still keep the shovel ready.
 
[Transition]
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Five years later they're in love and going on their honeymoon,
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He's growing on me but our family graveyard's still got extra room.
 
[Chorus 3]
                   G  N.C.            D         Em  N.C.           C
      'Cause that boy's a loaded gun,  It ain't all about some fun,
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      But dangit we're talking about my little girl,
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      I know boys and how they think, Don't go acting like it's sweet,
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      'Cause I can make it look like an accident for sure,
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      Well that day has come my little girls got married,
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      I can't kill that boy,   Oh, maybe not,
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      But I still keep the shovel ready,
 
[Outro]
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      I still keep the shovel ready.