Take the money and run    (video) (midi)

Hoo hoo !

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1. This here’s the story bout Billy Joe and Bobby Sue,

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two young lovers with nothing better to do

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than to sit around the house getting’ high and watch the tube,

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and here’s what happened when they decided to cut loose.

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2. They headed down to old El Paso,

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that’s where they ran into a great big hassle.

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Billy Joe shot a man while robbin’ his castle,

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Bobby Sue took the money and run. Hoo hoo hoo.

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Go on take the money and run !

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Go on take the money and run ! Hoo hoo hoo.

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Go on take the money and run !

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Go on take the money and run ! Hoo hoo hoo.

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3. Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas,

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you know he knows just exactly what the facts is.

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He ain’t gonna let those two escape justice,

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he makes his livin’ off of the people’s taxes.

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4. Bobby Sue, whoa whoa, she slipped away,

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Billy Joe caught up to her the very next day.

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They got the money, hey, you know they got away,

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they headed down South and they’re still running today.

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Singin : go on, take the money and run,

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Go on take the money and run ! Hoo hoo hoo.

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Go on take the money and run !

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Go on take the money and run ! Hoo hoo hoo.

+ G - F - C (4x)

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Go on take the money and run !

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Go on take the money and run !

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Go on take the money and run ! ....

(Steve Miller Band)