Key: G major•
Verse 1
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Well gather round children,
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a story I will tell
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About pretty boy Floyd the outlaw,
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Oklahoma knew him well
Verse 2
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on a Saturday afternoon
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His wife beside him in a wagon as into
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Verse 3
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And along come a deputy sheriff
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in a manner rather rude
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Using vulgar words of language
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and his wife she overheard
Verse 4
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and the deputy grabbed a gun
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And in the fight that followed,
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he laid that deputy down
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Verse 5
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Then he ran through the trees and bushes
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and lived a life of shame
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Every crime in Oklahoma
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was added to his name
Verse 6
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on the Ca nadian River shore
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And many a starving farmer
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opened up his door
Verse 7
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It
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it was on a Christmas Day
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A whole carload of groceries
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and a letter that did say
Verse 8
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you say that I'm a thief
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Well, here's a Christmas dinner for the
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families on relief
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Verse 9
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As through this life you travel,
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you meet some funny men
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Some rob you with a six- gun,
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some with a fountain pen
Verse 10
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as through this life you roam
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You'll never see an outlaw take a
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family from their home
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