Choctaw Bingo Tab by James McMurtry

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(E minor) Strap them kids in, give 'em

a lil bit of vodka

In a cherry Coke, we're goin to

(Gadd9) Oklahoma (A major) To the

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(E minor) family reunion

for the first time in years

It's up at uncle Slaton's

'cause he's (Gadd9) getting on in (A major) years

You know he (E minor) no longer travels

but he's still pretty spry

He's not much on talk

and he's just (Gadd9) too mean to (A major) die

And they'll be (E minor) comin' down from Kansas

and from West Arkansas

It'll be one great big old party

like you've (Gadd9) never (A major) saw

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(E minor) Uncle Slaton's got his Texan pride

Back in the thickets with his (Gadd9) Asian (A major) bride

Got an (E minor) airstream trailer and a Holstein cow

Still makes whiskey

'cause he (Gadd9) still knows (A major) how

He plays that (E minor) Choctaw Bingo

every Friday night

You know he had to leave Texas

but he (Gadd9) won't say (A major) why

He owns a (E minor) quarter section

up by Lake Eufaula

Caught a great big ol' Bluecat

on a (Gadd9) driftin' (A major) jugline

Sells his (E minor) hardwood timber to the chippin' mill

Cooks that crystal meth

because his (Gadd9) shine don't (A major) sell

He cooks that (E minor) crystal meth

because his 'shine don't sell

You know he likes that money

he don't (Gadd9) mind the (A major) smell

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(E minor) My cousin Roscoe, Slaton's oldest boy

From his second marriage up in (Gadd9) Illinois (A major)

He's raised in (E minor) east St. Louis

by his mamma's people

Where they do things different,

thought he'd (Gadd9) just come on (A major) down

He's goin' to (E minor) Dallas, Texas in a semi truck

Caught from that big McDonald's

You know that one (Gadd9) that's built up (A major) on that

(E minor) Great big old bridge

across the Will Rogers turnpike

Took the big cabin exit, stopped

and (Gadd9) bought a carton of (A major) cigarettes

At that (E minor) Indian smoke shop

with the big neon smoke rings

In the Cherokee nation

hit Mus (Gadd9) koh gee late that (A major) night

Somebody (E minor) ran the stoplight

at the Shawnee Bypass

Roscoe tried to miss 'em

but he (Gadd9) didn't (A major) quite

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(E minor) Bob and Mae come up from

Some little town way down by

Lake Texoma, where he (Gadd9) coaches (A major) football

They were (E minor) two-A champions now

for two years running

But he says they won't be this year

No, they (Gadd9) won't be (A major) this year

And he (E minor) stopped off in Tushka

at the pop knife and gun place

Bought a SKS rifle and

a (Gadd9) couple full (A major) cases of that (E minor) steel core ammo

With the Berdan primers

from some East bloc nation

That no (Gadd9) longer (A major) needs 'em

And a (E minor) Desert Eagle

that's one great big old pistol

I mean

fifty caliber made by (Gadd9) bad-ass (A major) Hebrews

And some (E minor) surplus tracers for that old BAR

Of Slaton's as soon as it gets dark

we're gonna (Gadd9) have us a (A major) time

We're gonna

(E minor) (have us a time) (E minor)

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(E minor) Ruth-Anne and Lynn come down

from Baxter Springs

And that's one hell-raisin' town

Way up in (Gadd9) Southeastern (A major) Kansas

Got a (E minor) biker bar

next to the lingerie store

That's got the Rollin' Stones' lips

Up there in (Gadd9) bright pink (A major) neon

And they're (E minor) right downtown

where everyone can see 'em

And they burn all night

You know they (Gadd9) burn all (A major) night

You know they (E minor) burn all night (Gadd9) (A major)

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(E minor) Ruth-Anne and Lynn

they wear them cut-off britches

And then skinny little halters

and they're (Gadd9) second (A major) cousins to me

(E minor) Man, I dont care,

I wanna get between them

With a great big 'ol hard-on

Like an (Gadd9) ol' Bodark (A major) fencepost

You could (E minor) hang a pipe rail gate from

Do some sister twisters

till the cows come home

And we'll be (Gadd9) having us a (A major) time

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(E minor) Uncle Slaton's got his Texan pride

Back in the thickets with his (Gadd9) Asian (A major) bride

He's cut that (E minor) corner pasture into acre lots

He sells 'em owner financed (Gadd9) strictly to (A major) them

It's got no (E minor) kind of credit

'cause he knows they're slackers

And they'll miss that payment

and then he (Gadd9) takes it (A major) back

He plays that (E minor) Choctaw Bingo

every Friday night

He drinks his Johnny Walker

at that (Gadd9) club 69 (A major)

We're gonna (E minor) strap them kids in

give 'em a lil' bit of Benadryl

In a cherry Coke

we're goin to (Gadd9) Oklahoma (A major)

Gonna (E minor) have us a time

Gonna have us a time (Gadd9) (A major)

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