#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From: FAB6 USER Date: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 3:45 PM Subject: "Waitin'_In_Your_Welfare_Line" by Buck Owens WAITIN' IN YOUR WELFARE LINE Performed by Buck Owens & the Buckaroos Source album: Buck Owens Live At Carnegie Hall (CD) Transcription by Eric M. Phillips NOTE: I believe that both Buck Owens and Don Rich (lead guitar) and probably Doyle Holly (bass) all tuned their guitars a half-tone down in this album. So get your gold-flake Telecaster ;^) and lower the strings to Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb and play the chords as written. NOTE #2 This live cut differs from the studio cut in that Buck flubbed the words to the second verse! For completeness, I am including the studio cut lyrics. Enjoy! ----------------------------------------- INTRO: G Em A7 D7 G I got the hun-gries for your love, and I'm waitin' in your welfare line. VERSE 1 G Em C D7 G Well, I ain't got nothin' but the shirt on my back, and an old two-button suit G C D7 G I walked outta my job about a week ago, and I'm sleepin' in a telephone booth G Em C D7 G But I'm a-gonna be the richest guy around, the day you say you're mine G Em A7 D7 G I got the hungries for your love and I'm waitin' in your welfare line VERSE 2 Well, when I first met you babe, you nearly made me wreck my ol' '49 Cadillac Yeah I knew at a glance that it was you for me; I had to have your love by heck I'm gonna follow you baby wherever you go; I got nothin' to lose but my time I got the hungries for your love, and I'm waitin' in your welfare line LEAD SOLO - Same as the last two lines of the verse! VERSE 3 Well, you made me the top dog of your hill, and I was overjoyed But it didn't take long until the thrill was gone, I joined the ranks of the unemployed Now I'm right back where that I started from, but I ain't gonna change my mind I got the hungries for your love, and I'm waitin' in your welfare line I'm waitin' in your welfare line (Gimme a handout) I'm waitin' in your welfare line. Dedicated with love to the late DON RICH - miss ya, hoss. ----------------------------------------------