Waylon Jennings – Laid Back Country Picker (Guitar)

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[Intro] D G A G D [Verse 1]
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South bound out of Shreveport heading hell bent for his grave

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he reads a sign on the barn door that says the good lord Jesus saves

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But I don't think Jesus knows him cause he ain't the Jesus kind

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He's a laid back country picker with a laid back country mind
[Verse 2]
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He gave the folks a good show at the shreveport coliseum

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They all heard he's dying, so they all come out to see

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Friends and neighbors make him happy, lord them snuff queens treat him kind

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He's a laid back country picker with a laid back country mind
[Chorus]
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Uppers, downers, turn arounders picked him up and laid him down

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his old troubles keep on swimming cause their to damn mean to drown

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He keeps looking for an answer I know he's never gonna find

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He's a laid back country picker with a laid back country mind
[Instrumental] D G A G D (play twice) [Verse 3]
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Big Bertha back in Beaumont, says he really turns her on

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she hits the floor a dancing, when the DJ plays his song

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You can see somebody loves him, or at least they did one time

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He's a laid back country picker, with a laid back country mind