Chords with lyrics
Adam Carroll
Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
6/8 time, Key of A, Adam does this in open E MajorE with a Capo 7, but, if you're like me,
you don't want to have to waste any time tuning an additional guitar, so this works quite nicely.
Intro:
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D MajorD A augmentedA A augmentedA E MajorE
Chorus:
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He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
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Comin' and goin' / low and high
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Rock and rollin' / hayseed hustler
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With his honky tonk wings and his old snake eyes
Verse 1:
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Drivin' down the West Coast highway
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The songs out the window / was all he had to lose
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Cuttin' heads on the chitlins circuit
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But he couldn't kick the red dirt off of his / Alligator shoes
Chorus:
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He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
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Comin' and goin' / ain't never gonna stay
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Midnight jivin' red dirt hustler
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Livin' that low down ol' Red River way
Bridge:
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And he did it with a Bible / And he did it with a gun
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Tryin' to get away from the damage that he done
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And he did it with a guitar / Late into the night
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Tryin' to live just like the songs that he would write
Verse 2:
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Snortin' cocaine off a Buck knife
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3.2 drinkin' / playin' 4/4 time
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Tried his best but he could never act right
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With a honky tonk angel hangin' on / Every single line
Chorus:
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He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
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Comin' and goin' / low and high
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Midnight jivin' hayseed hustler
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With a suitcase full of Dust Bowl lullabyes
Bridge:
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He did it with a friend of mine
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He did it on the Texas line
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Said he wouldn't have it any other way
Verse 3:
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Turqoise rings on his index fingers
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Blowin' the doors off with his blacks and whites
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Down the backroads of Muskogee
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Slippin' it to / some old hayseed's wife
Chorus:
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He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
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He's always leavin' / he ain't never gonna stay
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Tells the truth but he's a hustler
Outro:
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Livin' that low down
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Dust Bowl preachin'
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Red Dirt jivin'
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3.2 drinkin'
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4/4 timin'
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Rockin' and a Rollin'
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Indian Gamblin'
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Old heart travelin'
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