Chords with lyrics
[Verse]
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When I was just a kid back in Abeline, I
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had to use a gun, well for my own Sake, I
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shot a man down when I was just eighteen, and
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from that day they call me Shaky Jake
[Chodus]
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Shaky Jake, boy, what you gonna do?
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Texas Rangers coming after you
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Here's the price you pay for one mistake, so
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get off the streets, it's Shaky Jake.
[Verse 2]
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Ma says I was born under bad sign
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I was lookin' for the chance to make or break, I
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cut my teeth on a brandin' iron, I'm the
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devil's own son, I'm Shaky Jake.
[Chorus]
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Shaky Jake, boy, what you gonna do?
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Texas Rangers coming after you
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Here's the price you pay for one mistake, so
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get off the streets, it's Shaky Jake.
[Bridge]
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I keep on the run now
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I travel by night
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I don't need anyone
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But someone, one day, somewhere's. gonna see me right.
[Verse 3]
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Dig a hole about six foot deep
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Pray the Lord my soul to take, I
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don't want flowers and nobody's gonna weep
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Here lies that outlaw, Shaky Jake.
[Chorus]
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Oh Shaky Jake, boy, what you gonna do?
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Texas Rangers coming after you
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Here's the price you pay for one mistake, so
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get off the streets, it's Shaky Jake.
[Interlude]
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Shaky Jake
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Shaky Jake
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Shaky Jake
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Shaky Jake
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Shaky Jake
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Shaky Jake.
[Chorus]
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Oh Shaky Jake, boy, what you gonna do?
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Texas Rangers coming after you
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Here's the price you pay for one mistake
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So get off the streets, it's Shaky Jake.