Key: Eb major•
Verse 1
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Cm
If you'll gather 'round
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me, children,
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A story I will tell
It was in the town of Shawnee,
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A Saturday afternoon,
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His wife beside him in his wagon
Verse 2
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There a deputy sheriff approached him
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In a manner rather rude,
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Vulgar words of anger,
Verse 3
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his gun;
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He laid that deputy down.
Verse 4
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To live a life of shame;
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Every crime in Oklahoma
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But a
Verse 5
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The same old story told
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And saved their little homes.
Verse 6
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Others tell you 'bout a stranger
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That come to beg a meal,
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Underneath his napkin
Verse 7
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It was in Oklahoma City,
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It was on a Christmas Day,
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There was a whole car
Verse 8
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You say that I'm a thief.
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Here's a Christmas dinner
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For the families on relief.
Verse 9
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I've wandered
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I've seen lots of funny men;
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Some will rob you with a six- gun,
Verse 10
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And as through your life you travel,
Yes, as through your life you roam,
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You won't never see an outlaw
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEb Cm Bb F
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