Skinny chords by
Tommy Collins

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Key: C major

Verse 1
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This is a story about an underdog,
the skinny fella.
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You know a skinny guy gets kicked around
and whipped and cussed and threatened,
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but what people don't realize
is, he's dangerous.
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Skinny, skinny, skinny.
Now just below Houston,
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right near Baytown,
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there lived a  skinny guy
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that everybody pushed around.
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The big boys laughed at his skinny frame,
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He was just skin and bones,
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so they gave him a name
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They called him Skinny
Well, old Skinny tried hard
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to mix with the crowd
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He took up drinkin'
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and cussin' out loud
He tried tellin' jokes,
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well, he laughed all right
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They laughed at the sight
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of the boy called Skinny
Oh, he is Skinny
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Skinny, Skinny, Skinny
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And then one day, along about noon
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A cowpoke staggered from the town saloon
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A wind came up and Skinny blew by
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He didn't mean any harm
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He wasn't a troublesome guy,
just Skinny
Well, a boozed -up saddle
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tramp made a wisecrack
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But Skinny didn't answer,
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didn't  even look back
A cowpoke rushed him,
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pushing for a fight
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Cowpoke was heavy and of
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course Skinny was light
Well, old Skinny took a beating
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with his hands at his side
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Wouldn't land a blow
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to save his own hide
For the ornery cowpoke
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was old Texas Pearl
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He wouldn't hit her,
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cause Pearl was a girl
Then the town's big bully
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made a big mistake
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He started razzin' Skinny,
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and that was all he could take
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Skinny raised up his arm of solid bone
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Drove it through his heart,
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and the bully just groaned
Now all you big bullies had
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better take heed
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Learn a lesson from this man's deed
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Pick on a big guy if you pick on any,
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and never fool around with a
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guy that's skinny.
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Skinny, skinny, skinny.

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