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