Key: G
Introduction:
G D G D
Well now stage right enter Jimmy, just a counterfeit James Dean
G D A
with a pocket full of delta blues and cheap amphetamine
G D G D
Her feet up on the dashboard like a burned out Betty Paige
G D A
Aw she might have been pretty if she was half her age
G D G D
But together they were something, just closing down the bars
G D A D
Headed down to Okie City in a slightly stolen car
The folks were decent people, they didn't like they're kind
G D A D
It's coming home, coming home
G D A
Ain't nothing like a family to make you feel so damned alone
G D A D
You should've brought flowers, should've got daddy's gun
G D A G D
Aint nobody waiting on the prodigal son
Well they pulled out into traffic, moved in behind the hearse