Lucas Was A Redneck chords by Mac Davis

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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Lucas was a redneck through and through
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Drinkin and fightin was all the boy knew
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Born with a corncob in his mouth
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In Tupelo, Mississippi way down south

Chorus:
   C7C7
His daddy died drunk with a belly full of rum
   D7D7
His momma died waitin for a miracle to come
N.C.
People said
N.C.           G minorGm
The boy's born to be a bum


Verse 2:
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Hangin around with the rest of the riff raff
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Down at the pool hall on Main Street
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Wearin a red bandanna and a sweaty ol' straw hat
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The union hall overall dirty back jeans


Chorus:
C7C7
One half stupid and the other half dumb
D7D7
Born to live and die in a sharecropper's slum
N.C.
People said
N.C.           G minorGm
The boy's born to be a bum


Bridge:
   C majorC
Now who's gonna cry when you die, Lucas?
                   DmDm
Who's gonna miss you when you're gone?
    C majorC
Will it be the black man you called a n****r
   C majorC
The hippie that you beat up just 'cause you were bigger
      C majorC
Will the riff raff laugh
                 DmDm
At the epitaph on your tombstone
 DmDm
Betcha it says
N.C.
Here lies Lucas, born to be a bum
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Died like his daddy with a belly full of rum

Bridge:
   C majorC
Now who's gonna cry when you die, Lucas?
                   DmDm
Who's gonna miss you when you're gone?
    C majorC
Will it be the black man you called a n****r
   C majorC
The hippie that you beat up just 'cause you were bigger
      C majorC
Will the riff raff laugh
                 DmDm
At the epitaph on your tombstone
 DmDm
Betcha it says
N.C.
Here lies Lucas, born to be a bum
N.C.                     G minorGm
Died like his daddy with a belly full of rum


Outro:
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Whatcha gonna do about Lucas

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