Asus2 A          Asus2  D       E
E|-0-| (0)--0-0-----0---|-2-2-2-0-----0-0-|
B|-0-| h2---2-0h2---0---|-3-3-3-0-----0-0h|
G|-2-| (2)--2-2-----2---|-2-2-2-0h1---1-2-| x2 (eighth note pickup
D|-2-| (2)--2-2-----2---|-0-0-0-0h2---2-2-|      first time only)
A|-0-| (0)--0-0-----0---|-------0h2---2-0-|
E|---|-----------------|-------0-----0---|

(Riff 1)
   A                  D       E
E|-----0------------|-----------------|
B|---------2b-2-0---|-------------0---|
G|----------------2-|-----2---1-------|
D|-2----------------|-4---------------|
A|-0----------------|-----------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|

(Riff 2)
   A
E|-----0------------|-----------------|
B|---------2b-2-0---|-----------------|
G|----------------2-|-----------------|
D|-2----------------|-2---------------|
A|-0----------------|-----------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|


[Verse 1]

A                          D        E
They come to town when the war is over
A                  E            A
Dirty boots in the middle of the night
A                  D              E
Trolling the bars, hitting on the soldiers
A                E        A
Boys give it up without a fight
A          A            D      E
They say, “Hey, boy, how about your place?
A                        E       A
I know you really want to take me home”
A                        D      E
Drop the bags off on the bedroom floor
A                         E   A
They make love with the lights on, saying


[Chorus]

D                    A
“I’m a carpetbagger, baby
D                  A
I’m coming to your town
E
I’m going to treat you kind
E
I’m going to rob you blind
E
I’ll smile all the time

      A    D  E  (Riff 1)
Whoa, yeah
      A    D  E  (Riff 1)
Whoa, yeah
      A    D  E  (Riff 1)
Whoa, yeah
      A          (Riff 2)
Whoa, yeah


[Verse 2]

A                        D          E
Sally could have had any one of the boys
       A                              E          A
But she couldn’t love no one she could not control
A                  D        E
Friend of mine and her got married
A                          E       A
I don’t hear too much from them anymore
A                     D            E
Last I heard, he had a rope around his neck
A                   E        A
Dragging around the grocery store
A                     D                 E
Carrying her bags and pushing down the aisles
              A                      E        A
Saying, “I ain’t got no home in this world anymore”


[Chorus]

D                    A
“I’m a carpetbagger, baby
D                  A
I’m coming to your town
E
I’m going to treat you kind
E
I’m going to rob you blind
E
I’ll smile all the time

      A    D  E  (Riff 1)
Whoa, yeah
      A    D  E  (Riff 1)
Whoa, yeah
      A    D  E  (Riff 1)
Whoa, yeah
      A          (Riff 2)
Whoa, yeah


[Verse 3]

A                          D         E
They come to town when the party’s over
A                      E            A
Books been written and truths been tried
A                          D           E
They’ll take it all if the door’s left open
A                          E         A
Steal the nose right from under your eyes


[Chorus]

D                    A
Singing, “I’m a carpetbagger, baby
D                  A
I’m coming to your town
E
I’m going to treat you kind
E
I’m going to rob you blind
E
I’ll smile all the time

      A    D  E  (Riff 1)
Whoa, yeah
      A    D  E  (Riff 1)
Whoa, yeah
      A    D  E  (Riff 1)
Whoa, yeah
      *
Whoa, yeah

 * A                  E       A
E|-----0------------|-----------------|
B|---------2b-2-0---|-----------------|
G|----------------2-|-----1--s2-------|
D|-2----------------|-2---------------|
A|-0----------------|-----------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|