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Thread #143155   Message #3302612
Posted By: GUEST,Lizzie Cornish
05-Feb-12 - 01:42 PM
Thread Name: Songs about Fracking
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: YOU CAN'T DRINK MONEY (J Morgan)
These are the lyrics and chords, straight from Jenny, via Facebook..

YOU CAN'T DRINK MONEY
By Jenny Morgan 2011

(G) Here come the boys wavin' their cash
Looking up and down for natural gas
Looking for gas so they can get rich
They'll do anything to dig that ditch
(C) They'll say it's safe, they'll say it's clean
To frack that well they'll say anything
(G) Don't be a fool, don't sign on the line
Or you'll be sorry in due time

Chorus--Cuz you can't drink (C) money
No you can't drink (G) money
Say (D) what you gonna do when your water turns blue
And everybody's sick and you are too
(D7) Oh you can't drink (C) money, no, no

(G) So sorry to hear you sold your land
To the gas and the oil man
Guess you bought his lies or maybe it's true
That you'd do anything to get rich too
You'd (C) sell your soul, your healthy life, all the trees and the wildlife
(G) Just be warned when your well is cursed
Those dollar bills won't quench your thirst

(Chorus)…..and then a (Short instrumental) (C7, G, C7, D7)….during instrumental you can say "drink it up" and "ask the people of Dimock PA or Dish, Tx…they'll tell you all about fracking"…OR you can ad lib, add local info., etc.(?)

(G) Oh… don't frack my world, don't frack my parks
Mr. gas man you're breakin' my heart
With your slick little ads that make it seem
Like you're the second coming with a drilling machine
The (C) devil himself couldn't make that sell
If he were drilling your toxic wells
But the (G) devil don't have what the oil man got
That's deep pockets and a prime time spot

Oh you can't drink (C) money, no you can't drink (G) money
Say (D) what you gonna do when your water turns blue
And everybody's sick 'cluding me and you
Even the gas man's sick as he's driving away
Lookin' for another sucker (D7) he can pay
Oh you can't drink (C) money, no, (G) no
No you can't drink (C) money, no, (G) no
No you can't drink (C7) money (D7) (G)