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I Threw The Rest Away
Recorded by Tracy Lawrence
Written by Paul Nelson and Gene Nelson

C
Met him in a dive down in New Orleans 

I recognized his handsome face

It was none of my business but I had to know 
            
What he was doing in this kind of place
         F
Cause he use to have money use to have honeys 

He used to be society's prince
       C
But he still wore a grin when I sat beside him 
    G7                       C
And ask where all that money went

        G7
He said some was spent on gamblin' 
                        C
A lot was spent women a little on some good Cabernet
G7
Three or four divorces at least as many horses 
     C
That never left the startin' gates
E7
Diamond rings and furs swamp land in New Jersey 
     Am             G7       F
That week I spent a year in LA
           D7            G7               C
You know I hate to admit I threw the rest away


He said money don't mean nothing 

Is this game of life it's just a way of keeping score

Show me a man who's got everything 

I'll show you one who wants even more
        F
Well so smoke 'em if you got 'em 

Cause when you hit bottom you gotta have a reason to smile
    C
Hey you can have a little piece of the rock 
     G7                     C
I'll take a little piece of mind

repeat #2

E7
Diamond rings and furs swamp land in New Jersey 
     Am             G7       F
That week I spent a year in LA
           D7            G7               C
You know I hate to admit I threw the rest away
G7               C
I threw the rest away

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