Chickasaw County Jail chords by Tom Russell
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Verse 1
(G major) Howdy boys, my name (C major) (G major) is
Charlie
Born in
Chickasaw
County (D major) jail (G major)
My father
Albert, he (C major) was (G major) a sheriff
He shot
Horst, he's (D major) dear and quail
(G major) I (C major) came west (G major) to make (A minor) my (G major) fortune
I (C major) ain't gonna work (G major) in your factories (A major)
(D major) I (C major) married me an
L (D major) .A. an (G major) gel while I was
pumping gasol (D major) ine. (G major)
She was smart and she (C major) was (G major) pretty.
She may have been too smart (D major) for me. (G major)
She graduated with (C major) (G major) high
honors in her class (D major) down at
U .S .A.
(G major) An (C major) d she wro (G major) te poetry and (A minor) (G major) painted
She (C major) impressed (G major) this loud (A major) farm (D major) boy
Her (C major) father,
George, he owned (D major) the drug (G major) store
Her name, it was
Marjor (D major) ie
Malloy (G major)
George
Malloy was a (C major) pioneer, (G major) boys
And he was
Irish to (D major) the bone
(G major) He smoked a pipe and he
(C major) took me mis (G major) sion
Taught me the words to
(D major) Ca sey
Jones (G major)
I (C major) sold his (G major) daughter on dreams (A minor) of glory
(G major) Cock (C major) tail parties (G major) and high (A major) -tone cars (D major)
(C major) In the war I worked (D major) in movies (G major)
Handing
Oscars (D major) to the stars (G major)
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
I (A major) build homes in base (D major) ball diamond (A major) s.
We had two daughters, we had (E major) two boys. (A major)
A swimming pool and four (D major) racehorses. (A major)
And I love
Marjor (E major) ie
Boyle. (A major)
I (D major) also love the gam (B minor) ing tables. (D major)
Poker craps, it's the (B major) same to me.
(E major) Invest (D major) ing other people's (E major) money (A major)
Indicted on grand (E major) larceny
(A major) So here I sit, I'm (D major) back in jail, (A major) boy
Because I would not (E major) cop a plea
(A major) Friends and relatives, (D major) they van (A major) ished
But she never turned (E major) on me
(E minor) I (D major) had pockets full (B minor) of sil (A major) ver I
(D major) spread around my wealth (B major) and joy (E major)
(D major) I had it all,
then I (E major) had noth (A major) ing I finally lost
Marjor (E major) ie, my lord
(A major) Hey, but I dealt cards to hop (D major) along
Cas (A major) sidy I played football, (E major) I ran track (A major)
Forty -eight to six in the (D major) quarter -mile,
(A major) boys
Old
Charlie
Russell, he don't (E major) look back (A major)
(D major) I could run and I (B minor) could fight (A major) ,
boys (D major) I knocked out a (B major) peepin'
(E major) Tom
I (D major) drank with stars and base (E major) ball her (A major) oes
I ended up in a (E major) poor folk's (A major) home
Outtie boys, my name (D major) is
(A major) Charlie, and trading horses, that's my game.
Chickasaw County Jail
Tom Russell
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