Treaty Oak Revival – West Texas Degenerate (Guitar)

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She woke me in the morning as she slammed my trailer door

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She said, "I knew that it was coming

            C
You've been running with that whore"

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As I stared at my new girlfriend, wearing nothing but my shirt

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I hit the bottle one more time and went to work…

        G      Em        C
To be a West Texas degenerate

               G      Em        C
Oh well, I'm a West Texas degenerate

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Layin' pipe down in the desert, hell, I'm living the damn dream

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In my lifted, diesel, Lincoln Blackface, welding rig machine

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'Til the bossman sent me home 'cause I had liquor on my breath

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I need a steady hand to pass the X-ray test

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Oh, to be a West Texas degenerate

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Oh, and if it wasn't for the money, I'd be draggin' up my shit

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And I've been burnin' rods and burning checks

    C
And burnin' candles at both ends

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To be a West Texas degenerate

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Oh, yes, I am

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Well, I'm headed to Odessa, guess today is my last day

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I'm gonna go watch my new girlfriend dance at the Rick's Cabaret

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And if I should spend my night inside the Ector County Jail

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She'll probably pay my bail with all one-dollar bills

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'Cause she's a West Texas degenerate

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Oh, and if it wasn't for the money, I'd be draggin' up my shit

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And I've been railin' lines and runnin' bead

    C
And being all that I can be

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To be a West Texas degenerate

           G
Oh, yes, I am

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This life, it ain't for everyone out in the Wild West

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You learn to fuck and fight and lay some pipe

    C
Get drunk and go to bed

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And if you just can't find sleep between the party and the pain

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Well, you can stay up 'til the sunrise with the help of some cocaine

C
Yeah, I got the good cocaine

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'Cause I'm a West Texas degenerate

              G              Em            C
Oh, and if it wasn't for the money, I'd be draggin' up my shit

              Em               D
And I've been burnin' rods and burning checks

    C
And burnin' candles at both ends

        Em     D         C
To be a West Texas degenerate

                Em     D         C
Oh, well, I'm a West Texas degenerate

                 Em     D         C
Yeah, a good ol' West Texas degenerate

           G
Oh, yes, I am

    C      G
Oh, yes, I am

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Oh, yes, I am