Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler

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[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
A A/B A
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]
A A/B A
He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
D A A E
Comin' and goin' / low and high
A A/B A
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
B
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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Red River way