Muscadine Bloodline – Ballad Of The Blanton Brothers (Guitar)

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As recorded by Muscadine Bloodline (From the 2025 Album ...AND WHAT WAS LEFT BEHIND) [Intro]
Em  N.C.
Let me tell you 'bout the Blanton brothers
N.C. Starting off with the oldest one N.C. Goes by Deuce, but his real names Amos
                                  Em  G A Em    G    A
Nicknamed came with a couple guns
[Verse 1]
Em
Percy's the scorn of the family

                        G     A
Middle brother mischief tendencies

  Em
Depending on Deuce, the oldest brother

   G                    A
To clean up the mess he makes of things

Em
Percy really done a did it this time

                      G      A
With a little help of amphetamines

       Em
Burned down a house in Frisco city

G                                A
Thought it was abandoned killing Mr. Lowery's family
[Chorus]
Em                     G          A
Ain't nothing but some hell-bound heathens

                    D        Em
Curse coming from a cast-off line

                   G        A
Ain't really got a rhyme or reason

   G                     A           Em    D
To rundown the name of a daddy's vine
[Verse 2]
Em                      G          A
Now, Mr. Lowery was the sheriff in Frisco

Em            G        A
Gotta tip who done the deed

Em                    G         A
He ain't waiting on a judge and jury

G                          A         Em
Gotta judge sitting in the passenger seat

                      G        A
That brings us to the youngest brother

Em                        G            A
The only Blanton with his head screwed on

Em                         G       A
Christian 'bout to die for Percy's sin

G                               A
Staring down the barrel side of Mr. Lowery's 301
[Chorus]
Em                     G          A
Ain't nothing but some hell-bound heathens

                    D        Em
Curse coming from a cast-off line

                   G        A
Ain't really got a rhyme or reason

   G                     A
To rundown the name of a daddy's vine
[Interlude] Em G A Em G A Em G A Em G Em [Bridge]
Em
Deuce found Christian down at hunters run

Em
Bleeding out told him what was done

Em
Ever held your brother while you watched him die

Em
The cost of cold killings an eye for an eye

                 D
It's a four tire fire no time for pity

Em
Mr. Lowrey waiting down in Frisco city

Em
Aiming down the drive where the house burned down

Em
Deuce slinging' gravel so he racks a round

Em
Cross hair steady only got one shot

Em
Rimfire bullet to the engine block

Em
Deuce only let loose a round or two

Em
Nicknames the name and the name held true

                                  G
He dropped like a hammer and died like a dog

Em
Mr. Lowrey's body in the back of his squad car

                   G
Back to town to go get the shovels

                      A
Go dig a hole with ya no-good brother
[Chorus]
Em                     G          A
Ain't nothing but some hell-bound heathens

Em                  D        Em
Curse coming from a cast-off line

                   G        A
Ain't really got a rhyme or reason

   G                     A
To rundown the name of a daddy's vine

Em                     G          A
Ain't nothing but some hell-bound heathens

Em                  D        Em
Curse coming from a cast-off line

                   G        A
Ain't really got a rhyme or reason

   G                     A            Em
To rundown the name of a daddy's vine
[Outro]
Em
Paranoid and scared to death

                           D       Em
Percy's at the house still high on meth

Em
Squad car pulls in the dead of night

Em
Points a double barrel through the broken blinds

Em
Pulls the trigger thinking Lowry's done

       D           A
Didn't know it was Deuce when he fired that gun