Em                       G
A thousand dollar car it ain't worth nothin'
D                        C
A thousand dollar car it ain't worth s**t
Em                       G
Might as well take your thousand dollars
D               C
And set fire to it 
Em 	  	  	     G
A thousand dollar car ain't worth a dime
D 	  	  	  	 C
You lose your thousand dollars every time
Em         G      D
Oh why did I ever buy
                       Em
A thousand dollar car

Em                       G
A thousand dollar car is gonna let you down
D                        C
More than it's ever gonna get you around
Em                       G
Replace your gaskets and paint over your rust
D               C
You'll still end up with something that you'll never trust
Em 	  	  	     G
A thousand dollar car's life was through 
D 	  	  	  	 C
'Bout fifty thousand miles before it got to you
Em         G      D
Oh why did I ever buy
                       Em
A thousand dollar car

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Am 	  	  	 D
A thousand dollar car ain't gonna roll

G                G/F#            C
Until you put at least another thousand in the hole 

Am                           D
Sink your money in it , and there you are

          C                         D
The owner of a two thousand dollar thousand dollar car
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Em                       G
If you only got a thousand dollars
D                        C
You might as well buy a good guitar
Em                       G
Learn how to play, it'll get you farther
D               C
Than any old thousand dollar car
Em 	  	  	     G
If a thousand dollar car was to worth a damn
D 	  	  	  	 C
Then why would anybody ever spend ten grand
Em         G      D
Oh why did I ever buy
                       Em
A thousand dollar car