Black Jack's Bar chords by Porter Wagoner

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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When  (D major) I  was a young
man I played my guitar
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I  (A major) played for the people in
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Black  (D major) Jack's Bar
They danced to the music
and called me a star
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And I took  (A major) in the money in Black Jack's  (D major) Bar
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I  (A major) kept things a movin' with a crazy  (D major) beat
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I  (A major) kept up a rhythm with my two  (D major) big feet
I played pretty women like
I played my guitar
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And I  (A major) got into trouble in Black Jack's  (D major) Bar
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 (A major) got into trouble in Black  (G major) Jack's  (D major) Bar
One night I played till my
fingers were sore
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They  (A major) called for a break and I
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 (D major) stepped through the door
I stood there a lookin' at
the heaven so grand
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When  (A major) up stepped a woman
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with a  (D major) bottle in her hand
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She  (A major) took one swallow and I  (D major) saw her frown
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I  (A major) turned up the bottle and I guzzled  (D major) it down
I battled my eyes and I
looked at her charms
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The  (A major) next thing I knew she was in  (D major) my arms  (A major) I  got
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into trouble in Black Jack's  (G major)  (D major) Bar  (A major) 
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[ fiddle  (D major)  (A major) 
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I hugged her and kissed her
and called her mine
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 (A major) Drunk on her kisses and  (D major) drunk
on her wine
Somebody yelled come
and play your guitar
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We  (A major) both stuggered back into
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Black Jack's  (D major) Bar
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Somebody  (A major) said you better
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 (D major) run for your life
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 (A major) You've been a playin' with
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the  (D major) wrong man's wife
He swang his knife and swung my guitar
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And I killed  (A major) me a gambler in Black Jack's  (D major) Bar
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 (A major) I  got in trouble in  (G major) Black Jack's  (D major) Bar
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When I get out of this place called the pen  (A major) I
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ain't never comin'  (D major) back here again
I'm gonna do right and I'm gonna go straight
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I'm  (A major) gonna be careful whose  (D major) wife I date
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 (A major) I  ain't a huggin' no wo (D major) man but mine
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 (A major) drinkin' no liquor and not  (D major) much wine
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Sittin' in my cell with my old guitar  (A major) wonder
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who's a playin' in  (D major) Black Jack's Bar  (A major) 
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(I got in trouble in  (G major) Black Jack's  (D major)  (A major) Bar) wonder
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who's a playin' in Black  (G major) Jack's  (D major) Bar