G C D
They come to town when the war is over
G C D
Dirty boots in the middle of the night
G C D
Trolling the bars, hitting on the soldiers
G D G
Boys give it up without a fight
G G C D
They say, “Hey, boy, how about your place?
G C D
I know you really want to take me home”
G C D
Drop the bags off on the bedroom floor
G D G
They make love with the lights on, saying
C G
“I’m a carpetbagger, baby
C G
I’m coming to your town
C
I’m going to treat you kind (woo-hoo)
G
I’m going to rob you blind (woo-hoo)
D
I’ll smile all the time
G C D
Whoa, yeah
G C D
Whoa, yeah
G C D
Whoa, yeah
G D G
G C D
Sally could have had any one of the boys
G C D
But she couldn’t love no one she could not control
G C D
Friend of mine and her got married
G D G
I don’t hear too much from them anymore
G C D
Last I heard, he had a rope around his neck
G C D
Dragging around the grocery store
G C D
Carrying her bags and pushing down the aisles
G D G
Saying, “I ain’t got no home in this world anymore”
C G
“I’m a carpetbagger, baby
C G
I’m coming to your town
C
I’m going to treat you kind (woo-hoo)
G
I’m going to rob you blind (woo-hoo)
D
I’ll smile all the time
G C D
Whoa, yeah
G C D
Whoa, yeah
G C D
Whoa, yeah
G D G
G C D
They come to town when the party’s over
G C D
Books been written and truths been tried
G C D
They’ll take it all if the door’s left open
G D G
Steal the nose right from under your eyes
C G
Singing, “I’m a carpetbagger, baby
C G
I’m coming to your town
C
I’m going to treat you kind (woo-hoo)
G
I’m going to rob you blind (woo-hoo)
D
I’ll smile all the time
G C D
Whoa, yeah
G C D
Whoa, yeah
G C D
Whoa, yeah
G D G
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