Key: C major
Verse 1
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Well, the people came here
from parts unknown
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Sleepin' in their cars 'cause
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They thought this place
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If you could roughneck,
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we could use a good man
Verse 2
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boy, let me show you around
You could make a lot of money
Verse 3
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Well, some build bars and big
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hotels
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Pocket full of cash instead
Verse 4
sun goes down
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Ain't life great when you're
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livin' in a boomtown
Verse 5
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You see oil was the blood that
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flowed through the soul
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Keep a man workin'
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Relent to the Devil in the cold,
cold ground
Verse 6
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Six short years the oil fields went
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And the wise men saved
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for a rainy day
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The fools packed up and
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they moved away
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Verse 7
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The hotels closed and
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the bars shut down
Verse 8
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through the soul
Keep a man workin' when
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Relent to the Devil in the
cold, cold ground
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Trying to make a dollar here,
Verse 9
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Now, the cafe's filled with people tellin' lies
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Try ing to fig ure out how
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the town went dry
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You can buy a house,
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a dime on the dollar
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Need a good
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home just give me a holler
Verse 10
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I can move you in with
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no money down
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Still tryin' to make a dollar here,
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livin' in a boomtown
Verse 11
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boomtown,
livin' in a boomtown
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