Tom: G major•
Verse 1
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It was the 23rd of May and I
heard the sergeant say,
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"Fuck it, round up the usual
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suspects and call it a day
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We've got no time to mess around
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And I'm not dy ing in this shit hole
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town for a soldier's pay"
Verse 2
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It was too good to be true,
but my discharge came through
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And I was on the first bird
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Rode that C- 17 into Stuttgart
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Fall roundup on my mind
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Verse 3
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When my brothers picked me up
We got way deep in our cups
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We must've tore old Rapid city down
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My big brother Jack said "Boy
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it's good to see you back
what you gonna do now?"
Verse 4
much between
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the Pole and South Dakota
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And barbed wire won't stop the wind
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You won't get nothing
here but broke and older
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If I was you I might re- up again
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Verse 5
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Well, we had good rain this year
Dad fed in some charolais steers
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Got them way cheap out of Texas
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They hadn't yet grown their
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winter coats away down south
Verse 6
But that blizzard got them all
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Left them sprawled across
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the pasture Stiff as boards
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You take a sharp knife in your hand
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Skin them out while you still can
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Curse the lord
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
So we'll pitch them off the truck
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Pile them up by the horse
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Because they sell by the pound
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They weigh like lead if you
wet them down
Verse 8
we might've just made due
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But there's nothing under this
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Now the sheriff's on his way
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and it's damn sure not our day
Outro 1
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