Key: Bb major
Intro 1
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Note: hyphen=word unsung Oh, Mr. Crest, Mr. Crest
Verse 1
How in the world you
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Expect for me to rest?
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Oh, Mr. Crest, Mr. Crest
How in the world you
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Expect for me to rest?
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Layin' up across my breast
Verse 2
send for my baby
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An she don't never come
She act a fool
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An she don't never come
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City
I declare, they can't help
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her none
Verse 3
unruly
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wanna do
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don't wanna -
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I cut that woman half in two
Verse 4
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Your .38 Special
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Buddy, it's most too light
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But my 22- 20
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Verse 5
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Ah- or, your .44- 40
Buddy, it'll do very well
Your .44- 40
I declare you, it's a- burn
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in' hell
Verse 6
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I was stranded on the highway- hi
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With my 22- 20 in my -
I was standin' on the highway
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With my 22- 20 in my -
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They got me 'cussed for murder
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a man
Verse 7
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An it's just a- long as my right arm
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right -
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And back down the road, I declare.
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