Tono: E
Introducción: Eb Eb Eb Eb
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The parking lot is rammed with shotgun pickup trucks
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At the Jones Rubber plant where all the guys end up
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Beer-drinking boy scouts living life like they ain't stuck
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On these quicksand streets with their girls in a sling
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I'm in my bedroom on the verge of a terrible thing
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Around here, we all take up our cross and hang on His holy name
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But the cards that I was dealt will get you thrown out of the game
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Hey momma, can't you see your boy is wrapped up in the strangle silk
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Of this cobweb town where culture is king?
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I'm in my bedroom on the verge of a terrible thing
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I close my eyes and think of the water
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Out at the Salt Creek when I was young
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Down at Old Mill Park, half the town's in tow
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To crown the Bathing Beauty of the rodeo
Ab Eb
While her mother fights back proud tears a young cowboy gives the nod
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The chute opens, bull draws blood, and the gift is accepted by God
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The chute opens, bull draws blood, and the gift is accepted by God
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In this barbed wire town of barbed wire dreams
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I'm in my bedroom on the verge of a terrible thing
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I close my eyes and think of the water
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Out at the Salt Creek when I was young
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I close my eyes and think of the water
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Out at the Salt Creek when I was young