When Good Ol' Boys Go Bad chords by Travis Tritt

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Intro 1

Old

Verse 1
Clarence was
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a  (E minor) corn fed  (D major) Sunday school teacher
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At the  (A major) Cheephill Church of Christ  (E minor) 
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 (E major) A God fearing  (E minor) fence clearing,
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 (D major) hay slinging
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Hymn singing,  (A major) back breaker all of his life  (E major) 
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 (E minor) Came in

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Verse 2

early one night,

find his pretty wife

In the arms of another man

There's hell to pay when a

good ole boy goes bad

Verse 3
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In a  (E major) smoke filled late night
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 (E minor) club by the  (D major) river
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Sat a  (A major) stranger dealing five card  (E major) stud
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 (Esus4) He       was a  (E major) big talkin',
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 (E minor) fast walkin'  (D major) fly by nighter
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There  (A major) to take the money
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and run (B minor) 

Verse 4
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They caught  (E minor) the  fella cheatin'
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So they  (D major) set him up a meeting
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With his  (A major) maker in the promise land  (E minor) 
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Nobody  (G major) sees a thing when a
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 (D major) good ole boy goes  (E major) bad  (Esus4) 
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 (E minor) The  good

Verse 5
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 (E major) book goes  (E minor) out
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the window  (G major) 
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When the  (A major) gloves go to the floor  (E major) 
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His give a damn to be a  (G major) righteous man
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Don't  (A major) give a damn no more  (B minor)  (B major) 
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 (E major) Under that blue col (G major) lar
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There's a  (A major) big ole long red tail  (E minor) 
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 (E major) It hides the truth, but  (G major) it bleeds through
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When a  (A major) good ole boy goes  (E major) bad
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 (E minor)  (D major)  (G major) 

Verse 6
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 (E minor) 
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 (E major) Now old man  (E minor) Taylor was
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a  (D major) fourth gener (E minor) ation
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Crop  (A major) growin' son of a gun (E minor) 
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One dry summer Uncle  (D major) Sam
come a runnin'
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Wantin'  (A major) money but there wasn't none  (B major) 
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He put a  (E minor) crop in the hollar When night

Verse 7
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 (D major) 
came he watered
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By fall  (A major) he had the cold hard cash  (E minor) 
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When  (G major) times get hard
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Sometimes a  (D major) good ole boy
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goes  (E minor) bad  (Esus4) 
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 (D major) The good  (E minor) book goes out the window

Verse 8
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 (G major) 
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When the  (A major) gloves go to the floor  (E major) 
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His give a damn to be a  (G major) righteous man
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Don't  (A major) give a damn no more  (B minor) 
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Un (E major) der that blue collar  (D major) 
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There's a  (A major) big ole long red tail  (C major) 
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It  (E minor) hides the truth but it  (G major) bleeds through
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When a  (A major) good ole boy  (G major) goes  (E minor) bad

Verse 9
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The good  (E major) book goes  (E minor) out
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the win (G major) dow
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When the  (A major) gloves go to the floor  (E major) 
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His give a damn to be a  (G major) righteous man
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Don't  (A major) give a damn no more  (B major) 
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 (E major) Under that blue col (D major) lar
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There's a  (A major) big ole long red tail  (C major) 
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It  (E minor) hides the truth but  (G major) it bleeds through
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When a  (A major) good ole boy  (G major) goes  (E minor) bad  (E major) 