Key: E
Introduction:
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Well I stepped off the Bus in Memphis
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And stumbled into the first saloon I could find
I bellied-up to the rail and summoned my barkeep
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And she said "Son, Why don't you just take a look around and tell me what you see?"
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Well I saw a lot of white-felt Stetson hats and gatorskin boots
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You know and every Southern man who had a lady on his arm was drinking whiskey.
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So I said, "I do not wish to be out of order ma'am. I am not a tramp or a bum.
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The dusty Mexican borderlands are where I have just come from.
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And with all due respect and deference, tequila is my preference."
Intro riff x2
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And she said "Son, Why don't you just take a look around and tell me what you see?"
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Well I saw a lot of furrowed brows under them white-felt Stetson hats
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And every Southern man who had a lady on his arm was looking kinda angry
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So I said "I do not wish to be out of order gents. I am not a tramp or a bum.
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The dusty Mexican borderlands are where I have just come from.
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And with all due respect and deference, tequila is my preference."
Intro riff "OK, Scotty J take it away"
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So she said "Hey look you little poll-cat, you better knock that whiskey back
Before Southern folks get angry and we come and skin you to the bone
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And she said "Son, why don't you just take yourself a look around,
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And you tell me what you see?"
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Well I saw a lot of grinding teeth, and I saw a lot of clinching fists out there
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And every Southern man who once was over there sitting at the bar was up and coming
me
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So I said "I do not wish to be out of order here, gentlemen
I am not a tramp, and I am not a bum.
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The dusty Mexican borderlands are where I have just come from and with
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All due respect and deference,
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Yeah with all due respect and deference, mmmm
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with all due respect and deference...
Gentlemen kindly do not throw me out ass backwards for hankerin'
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and find my tequila on my waaaaay, back....
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Adios rogando y con o mas rodando. Katie bar the door,
pass the gunpowder, and praise the Lord, and as I make