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[Verse]
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Old Joe Riley owned a fishin’ shack
         F#m                     D
With the ocean out front and the bay out back
   A                       E
He had a little boat and a fisherman’s tan
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When he wasn’t out fishin’ he was sittin’ in the sand

[Chorus]
         E                      A
Then the big boys came and they offered him millions
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To put up some condos or a swank hotel
E                       F#m
Old Joe Riley told them no thanks anyway
D                           A          E
I could use the money but I just can’t sell
  A                       D
A low rent heaven beats a high dollar hell
  E                       A
A low rent heaven beats a high dollar hell come on

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[Verse]
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He said I’ve seen the cities eatin’ up small towns
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Where you can’t smell the breeze and it’s cement ground
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You pay to park your car but it ain’t safe to walk
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Nobody looks you in the eye, don’t speak, don’t talk

[Chorus]
            E                      A
So when the big boys came and they offered him millions
   D                       A       E
To put up some condos or a swank hotel
E                       F#m
Old Joe Riley told them no thanks anyway
D                           A          E
I could use the money but I just can’t sell
  A                       D
A low rent heaven beats a high dollar hell
  E                       A
A low rent heaven beats a high dollar hell here we go

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[Bridge]
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Yeah the bank lock box there’s a deed to some land
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With his widow’s gold ring a few grains of sand
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Joe Riley’s granddaughter’s gonna face a big choice
  F#m                    D
I hope she remembers her granddaddy’s voice

[Chorus]
         E                      A
When the big boys came and they offered him millions
   D                       A       E
To put up some condos or a swank hotel
E                       F#m
Old Joe Riley told them no thanks anyway
D                           A          E
I could use the money but I just can’t sell
  A                       D
A low rent heaven beats a high dollar hell
  E                       A
A low rent heaven beats a high dollar hell
  A                       D
A low rent heaven beats a high dollar hell
  E                       A
A low rent heaven beats a high dollar hell come on

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