Key: G major
Verse 1
Ole' Black Jack Fletcher
and Mississippi Sam
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G
leading their hounds
They holler "Hey son"
have you got a drink
Gonna make it hard on you if you ain't
Verse 2
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C
I'd grin and point to a jug
They turn the hounds loose
and let'em run
Drink a little whiskey and have a lot of fun
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C
Talk about the days when they
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D
were younger than nowadays
Verse 3
It was hard to believe all the stories told
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C
Wonder how they to be as
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old as they are now
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C
Fought together in Vietnam
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"Yes ma'am" to your momma
Verse 4
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other wasn't comin'
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Verse 5
Well Ole' Black Jack Fletcher
was an ornery man
Mississippi Sam didn't give a damn
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C
They'd steal a lady from a man
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D
while he was lookin'
Well there ain't no doubt
they was both outlaws
Turnin' yellow corn into alcohol
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C
But they never hurt no one who
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didn't need a hurtin'
Verse 6
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C
Always getting in and out of a jam
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Makin' up their own law of the land,
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So they played a game
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comes before a hangin'
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
for those days
Every now and then I visit their graves
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And as the moon hangs in the haze
Outro 1
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D
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D
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G C F
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