Key: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
we were scheduled to appear
At a little roadhouse called
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the Get Down Here
A cinder block building with
a hand -painted sign
Honk her down,
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straddle in the county line
When the crowd rolled in
and were remarkably mixed
There were truckers, bikers, drifters
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and locals from the sticks
Each one meaner than a cougar in a cage
And the biggest one
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swaggered right up to the stage
from David Allen Coe
gold Johnny Goldo
of Elvis on the shelf
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I let the guitar do the talking
Yeah the whole place started rockin'
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And they just let the guitar do the talkin'
Verse 2
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she was over in the corner
with a Cheshire smile
Best -lookin' thing for
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seventeen miles
Sittin' there makin' my cold beer sweat
I figured my chances were a
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long -shot bet
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Verse 3
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that's heard every line
silver -tongued kind
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Of getting that girl to dance
Yeah, the whole place started rockin'
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And that pretty little thing started boppin'
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No need to fuss, it stops quackin'
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talking
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Sometimes your point is hard to get heard
I just strap it on, tune it up, dig it in,
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open up my heart and soul
Yeah, the whole place started
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rockin'
Fingertips that weren't stoppin'
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No need to fuss, stop squawkin'
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Just let the guitar do the talkin'
Outro 1
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F
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