West Texas Degenerate chords by Treaty Oak Revival

Key: G

Verse 1:
    G                             C                  G
She woke me in the morning as she slammed my trailer door
             Em               D
She said, "I knew that it was coming
            C
You've been running with that whore"
     G                                    C              G
As I stared at my new girlfriend, wearing nothing but my shirt
          Em              D                C
I hit the bottle one more time and went to work…


Verse 2:
        G      Em        C
To be a West Texas degenerate
               G      Em        C
Oh well, I'm a West Texas degenerate
       G                                  C               G
Layin' pipe down in the desert, hell, I'm living the damn dream
      Em              D                  C
In my lifted, diesel, Lincoln Blackface, welding rig machine
         G                                 C            G
'Til the bossman sent me home 'cause I had liquor on my breath
         Em             D              C
I need a steady hand to pass the X-ray test

Chorus:
            G      Em        C
Oh, to be a West Texas degenerate
              G              Em            C
Oh, and if it wasn't for the money, I'd be draggin' up my shit
              Em               D
And I've been burnin' rods and burning checks
    C
And burnin' candles at both ends
        Em     D         C
To be a West Texas degenerate
           G    C
Oh, yes, I am


Verse 3:
          G                         C              G
Well, I'm headed to Odessa, guess today is my last day
          Em              D                       C
I'm gonna go watch my new girlfriend dance at the Rick's Cabaret
       G                                  C            G
And if I should spend my night inside the Ector County Jail
                Em               D              C
She'll probably pay my bail with all one-dollar bills


Chorus:
               G      Em        C
'Cause she's a West Texas degenerate
              G              Em            C
Oh, and if it wasn't for the money, I'd be draggin' up my shit
              Em               D
And I've been burnin' rods and burning checks
    C
And burnin' candles at both ends
        Em     D         C
To be a West Texas degenerate
           G
Oh, yes, I am


Guitar Solo:
G   C G    Em  D  C
G    Em  D  C    G
C G


Verse 4:
G                                    C           G
This life, it ain't for everyone out in the Wild West
             Em                 D
You learn to fuck and fight and lay some pipe
    C
Get drunk and go to bed
       G                                     C             G
And if you just can't find sleep between the party and the pain
              Em               D                C
Well, you can stay up 'til the sunrise with the help of some cocaine
C
Yeah, I got the good cocaine


Out-Chorus:
             G      Em        C
'Cause I'm a West Texas degenerate
              G              Em            C
Oh, and if it wasn't for the money, I'd be draggin' up my shit
              Em               D
And I've been burnin' rods and burning checks
    C
And burnin' candles at both ends
        Em     D         C
To be a West Texas degenerate
                Em     D         C
Oh, well, I'm a West Texas degenerate
                 Em     D         C
Yeah, a good ol' West Texas degenerate
           G
Oh, yes, I am
    C      G
Oh, yes, I am
G              D  G
Oh, yes, I am