Dewey Wayne - Old No. 7 and a .30-06
...Tuned down one half step...
Intro:
Am C Am Em
Am C D C Am
VERSE 1:
Am C Am Em
I thought I'd grow, like so many I know, into a proud and respectable man
Am C Am Em
Instead of being here, holding eyes full of fear, acting like the devil's right hand
Am C Am Em
My Mother gave her warning, "Don't compromise what's right"
Am C D C Am
But I grew up wrong, I seemed to be drawn to the darker side of life
Am C Am Em
The other day, I made my way, to where no honest man would
Am C Am Em
The Boss himself, hired guns to his left, sat playing five card stud
Am C Am Em
I laid my money on the table, and I won me a hand or two
Am C D C Am
Then the Boss dealt me, a fist full of queens, I knew I could not loose
Am C Am Em
When the cards went down, my heart hit the ground, I had lost everything I own
Am C Am Em
My money, my car, may daddy's little farm, the only place that I call home
Am C Am Em
I quickly sank to the bottom, of an ocean of pointed guns
Am C D C Am
I was a desperate man, with nowhere to stand, and nowhere to run
CHORUS:
G D Am
It's midnight on a Texas highway
G D Am
I've got a hole in my soul that I know the Lord won't fix
G D Am
Tonight I might die but I'll die my way
G D Am
With Old No. 7 and a .30-06
VERSE 2:
Am C Am Em
For the next three days, I fed my rage, on a self-destructive dive
Am C Am Em
No food no sleep, just Jack and speed, got to thinking someone must die
Am C Am Em
Then I caught the sound of, someone laughing out my name
Am C D C Am
They had stacked the deck, when I lost my bet, that's when I lost all restrain
Am C Am Em
I plunged right, into the deluge of night, with dark thoughts in my eyes
Am C Am Em
There's no way, I'd let him get away, with cheating me out of my life
Am C Am Em
Then I saw this '35 Deluxe Plymouth in black
Am C D C Am
That Devil's Ride, beckoned me inside, all I left were tracks
Am C Am Em
I made one stop, my old hunting spot, and grabbed everything that I need
Am C Am Em
My hand on the bottle, my foot on the throttle, Springfield across my right knee
Am C Am Em
Saw that Boss outside his barroom, so I left the car in the woods
Am C D C Am
Repeat Chorus
BREAK DOWN:
Am C Am Em
As I watch the clock, I know I've got, only one thing I can do
Am C Am Em
He had his gang, and they remain, and they'll hunt me till I'm through
Am C Am Em
So I grab this eight-ball shifter, and I spin this car around
Am C D C Am
I'm racing straight, to meet my fate, and put them in the ground
Repeat Chorus
(Car speeding by at the end of the album version recording is an actual all-original 30's
model Plymouth driven by Ray Zuehlke and recorded by Dewey Wayne)
All songs written and copyrighted by Dewey Wayne and Fyala Records
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