Home Free - Champagne taste on a beer budget

^G7(Wh^Cis^Ftl^Ce ^Gin^Ctro) ^CThe other day I checked my bank account ^FAnd I could swear it was the wrong amount ^CAnd I didn't understand cause I been working h^Gard

For the l^Cife of me I didn't know where it went ^FI hadn't even paid the rent ^CThen the Mercedes pulled^G up in the ya^Crd

Oh ^Flord I should've seen it coming T^F7his time I'm in ^Gdeep

^CNow I'm heading to the poor house Or heading to jail ^FAnd if I end up there I ain't making bail And if it g^F7oes to court I sure don't have a c^Gase Cause ^CI ran out of money some time ago But if you ^Flook at my wife you'd never know ^F7I'm afraid my baby's got champagne ta^Gste... On a beer budget ^C

(^CMusical Interlude) Well my t^Chroat dried up and my heart just sunk As she mo^Ftioned me over and popped the trunk And I tri^Ced to ignore her absent-minded sm^Gile And ^Cboy, I was greeted by quite the crew, This Lo^Fius Vuitton and some Jimmy Choo ^CAnd those were just the fellas that were sitti^Gng on top of the p^Cile

I said, &qu^Fot;baby, there's a Wal-mart a block away and I don^F7't think they sell thes^Ge brands."

^CNow I'm heading to the poor house Or heading to jail ^FAnd if I end up there I ain't making bail And if it g^F7oes to court I sure don't have a c^Gase Cause ^CI ran out of money some time ago But if you ^Flook at my wife you'd never know ^F7I'm afraid my baby's got champagne ta^Gste... On a beer budget ^C

^FAll the bi^Glls are in my n^Came [All the bills are in his ^Fname] ^FThey're gonna h^Gaul my ass a^Cway [They're gonna haul his ass away] ^AmAnd I won't see her pr^Getty face at a^Fll ^F7Cause the prison's nowhere near the m^Gall...

^CNow I'm heading to the poor house Or heading to jail ^FAnd if I end up there I ain't making bail And if it g^F7oes to court I sure don't have a c^Gase

Cause I r^Can out of money some time ago But if you ^Flook at my wife you'd never know ^F7I'm afraid my baby's got champagne ta^Gste...