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 D7VERSE 2
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
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.
from the link posted by Mick above