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Put a
dea[(Bbm)]d cat
on the
rai[(Eb9)]lroad
tracks
Where the
wolf[(Bbm)]-bane'
s blooming by the
tre[(Eb9)]stle
and get the
eyeball of a rooster and the
stones from a ditch
and
wash ’em down with bilge water and
say you’ll never snitch
Take the
but[(Bbm)]tons f
rom a yellow jacket and the
fea[(Eb9)]thers
from a buzzard
and the
blo[(Bbm)]od fro
m a bounty hunter’s c
old[(Eb9)] black
heart
Catch the
tears of a widow in a
thimble made of glass
tell your
mama and papa they can
kiss your ass
Poi[(Bbm)]son al
l the water in the
wis[(Eb9)]hin’ w
ell
and
han[(Bbm)]g all
them scarecrows from a
syc[(Eb9)]amore
tree
Burn down them honeymoons
put ’em in a pillow case
And
wait next to the switch blades at the a
musement park for me
Str[(Bbm)]angle
all the Christmas carols
scr[(Eb9)]atch o
ut all your prayers
Tie[(Bbm)] ’em u
p with barbed wire and
pus[(Eb9)]h them
down the stairs
I’ll
whittle you a pistol for keeping
nightmares of the blinds
Those
sunsabches always seem to s
neak up from behind
Syp[(Bbm)]hon al
l the gas from your
dad[(Eb9)]dy’s p
ickup truck
Fil[(Bbm)]l up J
ohnny’s T-Bird I
got[(Eb9)] a cou
ple of bucks
Put a little perfume and a
ribbon in your hair
Be
careful that you don’t wake up the
hounds
Tea[(Bbm)]r a bo
lt of lightning off the
sid[(Eb9)]e of t
he sky
And
thr[(Bbm)]ow it
in a cedar chest if you
wan[(Eb9)]t I’ll
tell you why
Bring the
gear shift knob from a
49 Merc
and
lay down here beside me let me
hold you in the dirt
W[(Bbm)]e’re g
onna tremble tear the
thr[(Eb9)]oat ou
t of the night
Sink your
tee[(Bbm)]th int
o my shoulder dig your
nai[(Eb9)]ls int
o my back
Tell that
little girl to let go of my sl
eeve
You’ll be a
woman when I catch you, come, baby,
fall in love with me
With my d
oub[(Bbm)]le bar
rel shotgun and a
who[(Eb9)]le box
of shells
We’ll
cel[(Bbm)]ebrate
the
4th[(Eb9)] of Ju
ly
We’ll do a
hundred miles per hour spendin’
someone else’s dough
And drive
all the way to Reno on the
wrong si – de of the road