Misc Originals – Charlie Osborne - For The Boys (Guitar)

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Ole Billy had a problem with a boy named Sue so he took to the bar and drank himself blue

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When the liquid courage hit he took his stand, but he was so damn drunk he blacked out and broke his hand

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See Billy was a good friend of mine and he’d always had my Six, so I went on and stepped into the mix

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Well Sue was a fighter and he held his ground, I got a few good ones in but still ended up going down

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This one’s for the boys, that drank too much last night

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Now their sittin on the porch, with a cigarette and a light

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This one’s for the boys that’ll always have your back

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The ones you can call at 2am when you’re fading into black

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these Gatlin brothers who’d covered for me before, had a thing for this girl named Becky

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but she was spoken for.

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Tommy was a coward and Loose Becky took a chance, she cheated on that Tommy and claimed innocence.

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The coward of the county came storming into the bar, he was swinging at the Gatlins

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So I went and keyed his car

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I walked back in and to my surprise the only one standing was Tommy, so I ran when we locked eyes.

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This one’s for the boys, that drank too much last night

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Now their sittin on the porch, with a cigarette and a light

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This one’s for the boys that’ll always have your back

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The ones you can call at 2am when you’re fading into black

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See that Georgia fiddle player Johnny he was known to be a cheat

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So when he challenged my buddy Dee ville to a match I knew he’d bring the heat

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So I waited out back with a crowbar in my hand, I just couldn’t wait to see what scheme he had planned.

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When he walked out the door I smashed his fiddle to the ground, he ran off crying and

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Inside a speaker playing music was what I had found.

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This one’s for the boys, that drank too much last night

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Now their sittin on the porch, with a cigarette and a light

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This one’s for the boys that’ll always have your back

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The ones you can call at 2am when you’re fading into black

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See you can’t just believe everything you hear,

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My boys and me we’ve been trampled on Year after year

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We don’t mean any harm, we just like to have a good time

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But there’s two sides to every story, and this one here is mine.