Tom: A
Introdução:
A A/B A
He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
D A E
Comin' and goin' / low and high
A A/B A
Rock and rollin' / hayseed hustler
D A E A
With his honky tonk wings and his old snake eyes
verse 1
A A/B A
Drivin' down the West Coast highway
D A E
The songs out the window / was all he had to lose
A A/B A
Cuttin' heads on the chitlins circuit
D A E A
But he couldn't kick the red dirt off of his / Alligator shoes
A A/B A
He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
D A E
Comin' and goin' / ain't never gonna stay
A A/B A
Midnight jivin' red dirt hustler
D A E A
Livin' that low down ol' Red River way
Bridge
D A D A
And he did it with a Bible / And he did it with a gun
A A/B D E
Tryin' to get away from the damage that he done
D A D A
And he did it with a guitar / Late into the night
A A/B D E
Tryin' to live just like the songs that he would write
verse 2
A A/B A
Snortin' cocaine off a Buck knife
D A E
3.2 drinkin' / playin' 4/4 time
A A/B A
Tried his best but he could never act right
D A E A
With a honky tonk angel hangin' on / Every single line
A A/B A
He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
D A E
Comin' and goin' / low and high
A A/B A
Midnight jivin' hayseed hustler
D A E A
With a suitcase full of Dust Bowl lullabyes
Bridge
A
He did it with a friend of mine
B
He did it on the Texas line
B D
Said he wouldn't have it any other way
verse 3
A A/B A
Turqoise rings on his index fingers
D A E
Blowin' the doors off with his blacks and whites
A A/B A
Down the backroads of Muskogee
D A E A
Slippin' it to / some old hayseed's wife
A A/B A
He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
D A E
He's always leavin' / he ain't never gonna stay
A A/B A
Tells the truth but he's a hustler
Outro
D A
Livin' that low down
D A
Dust Bowl preachin'
D A
Red Dirt jivin'
D A
3.2 drinkin'
D A
4/4 timin'
D A
Rockin' and a Rollin'
D A
Indian Gamblin'
D A
Old heart travelin'
E A
Red River way