song: the ballad of tommy and marla
by: reckless kelly
album: live at stubbs
Originally submitted by Randy_Floyd @ Cowboy Lyrics
I just improved on the formatting and finished laying out the chords for the rest of the song.
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Tommy was a hasher from the valley
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He was as burned out as a building from the riots
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He had a rockin' little girlfriend named Marla
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She was a cocktail waitress at the pit
Chorus
C G
Sometimes on the weekends they'd ride jet skis
C G
Take his little trailer to the river
C G
Bring along a TV to watch Rick Dees
D C G
They were smokin' dope and snortin' crystal...Meth!
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Marla was as skinny as a fence post
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But the powder in the baggy made her talk
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Sometimes she wore her hair like Charlie's Angels
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You know,sometimes she looked as weird as Mr.Spock
Chorus
C G
Sometimes on the weekend they'd eat fast food
C G
Take his El Camino to the desert
C G
Ride his motorcycles in the sand dunes
D C G
They were smokin' dope and snortin' crystal...Meth!
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Tommy had a passion for firearms
G C
His confidence they really seemed to bolster
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He bought a ninety-dollar pistol for his Mar-Mar
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She kept in her little girly holster
Chorus
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Sometimes on the weekends they'd be fighting
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Tommy thought his girl was telling lies
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Thought that she was humping with the bass player
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Smoking all his dope and all his crystal...Meth!
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G C
Tommy started suffering from delusions
G C
After five nights without any sleep
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He shoved his fist through Marla's bedroom window
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Shoved his car keys through her dirty little teeth
Chorus
C G
Marla got her fingers on the trigger
C G
Grabbed poor little Tommy by the hair
C G
A smoking gun is laying on the counter
D C G
Sirens screaming in the air....scream on and on
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G C
Tommy was a hasher from the valley
G C
He's just a memory of his burned out little world
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And Marla's doin' thirty years for murder
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But you know she's still his rockin' little girl
C G
Someday up in heaven they'll ride jet skis
C G
Scrawl their names upon the golden wall
C G
Maybe up in heaven they'll watch Rick Dees
D C G
Smoke a little dope and snort some crystal...Meth!
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