Intro: G  C  G 
 
G 
Johnny Gunn he's a guitar player 
makin next to nothin' in a bar nowhere he says 
  C 
damn the money 
     G 
oh, damn the money 
 
Counts his tips, buy a shot of booze 
Grabs his lucky strike lights another fuse he says 
  C 
damn the money 
     G 
oh, damn the money 
 
 
Bridge: 
           D                  C 
Well, he dreams of someplace warm and sunny 
 D                     C 
livin' in the land of milk and honey 
         D                C               G 
well brother ain't that funny, damn the money 
 
 
Rita Brown she's a bank teller 
she's got green in her eyes and the green on her fingers she says 
damn the money 
oh, damn the money 
 
Shakes her head counts another grand 
while the hundreds fly through her poor little hand she says 
damn the money 
oh damn the money 
 
Bridge: 
Well she dreams about someplace warm and sunny 
livin' in the land of milk and honey 
well sister ain't life funny, damn the money 
 
Instrumental: C  D  C   
 
G                                           C 
It sure seems like so much life is spent searchin' for the promised land 
         G                                              C 
but the time that's lost worryin' 'bout the cost will never come back again 
        G                  C G D            G 
It'll break us in the end,       damn the money 
 
 
Now, drivin' along this long highway thinkin' 
'bout the dream I let slip away 
I say damn the money, yeah damn the money 
 
Now I know the ways that she used to feel 
when I was gone too long tryin' to close some deal 
I say damn the money, oh damn the money 
 
Bridge: 
Callin home from someplace warm and sunny 
runnin' from the land of milk and honey 
the way we look at life is funny, damn the money 
 
Damn the money 
Damn the money 
yeah, damn the money 
 
yeah.