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Adam Carroll - Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler Acoustic Chords

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Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler Acoustic Chords

(ver. 1)
Adam Carroll
[Intro]
A        A/B             A
D         A         A    E

[Chorus]
A         A/B            A
He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
D          A        A       E
Comin' and goin' / low and high
A         A/B              A
Rock and rollin' / hayseed hustler
        D           A             E          A
With his honky tonk wings and his old snake eyes

[Verse 1]
A       A/B                 A
Drivin' down the West Coast highway
D                  A           A              E
The songs out the window / was all he had to lose
A       A/B                   A
Cuttin' heads on the chitlins circuit
       D                   A                   E         A
But he couldn't kick the red dirt off of his / Alligator shoes

[Chorus]
A         A/B            A
He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
D          A             A           E
Comin' and goin' / ain't never gonna stay
A        A/B             A
Midnight jivin' red dirt hustler
D           A            E         A
Livin' that low down ol' Red River way

[Bridge]
D                    A           D                A
And he did it with a Bible / And he did it with a gun
A             A/B           D              E
Tryin' to get away from the damage that he done
D                    A        D             A
And he did it with a guitar / Late into the night
A         A/B                D                   E
Tryin' to live just like the songs that he would write

[Verse 2]
A        A/B           A
Snortin' cocaine off a Buck knife
D           A     A        E
3.2 drinkin' / playin' 4/4 time
A         A/B               A
Tried his best but he could never act right
D                 A             E                 A
With a honky tonk angel hangin' on / Every single line

[Chorus]
A         A/B            A
He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
D           A       A      E
Comin' and goin' / low and high
A        A/B            A
Midnight jivin' hayseed hustler
D         A                       E    A
With a suitcase full of Dust Bowl lullabyes

[Bridge]
A
He did it with a friend of mine
B
He did it on the Texas line
B                                  D
Said he wouldn't have it any other way

[Verse 3]
A        A/B                A
Turqoise rings on his index fingers
D                A             A          E
Blowin' the doors off with his blacks and whites
A        A/B          A
Down the backroads of Muskogee
D           A             E         A
Slippin' it to / some old hayseed's wife

[Chorus]
A         A/B            A
He was an Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler
D           A            A                 E
He's always leavin' / he ain't never gonna stay
A         A/B              A
Tells the truth but he's a hustler

[Outro]
D           A
Livin' that low down
D         A
Dust Bowl preachin'
D        A
Red Dirt jivin'
D    A
3.2 drinkin'
D   A
4/4 timin'
D             A
Rockin' and a Rollin'
D      A
Indian Gamblin'
D         A
Old heart travelin'
E         A
Red River way            
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