Chords for Billy Joe Shaver~Slim Chance and the Can't Hardly Playboys~.wmv
Tempo:
114.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
C#
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [F] [F#]
[G] [C#] [D]
[A]
[Bm] [D] [Bm]
[D] Slim Shanks and the Can't Hardly Play Boys [G] are picking at your local [D] saloon.
They [G] got a new song out [D] on Polish Records, it'll be a polish it [A] real soon.
[Em] [A] [D] They picked every honky -tonkin' bar [G] from here to [D] Pembroke too.
[G] Slim Shanks and the Can't [D] Hardly Play Boys [A] are busting their butts [D] for you.
Out where the cars are up on blocks [G] and the houses are [D] on wheels.
[G] Slim and a big-time [D] booking agent, they cooked up a hell [A] of a deal.
[D] They'd pick every Walmart parking lot [G] across the [D] USA.
[G] The good Lord willing [D] and the creek don't rise [A] to figure out how to [D] get paid.
[G] No Chance was the only [D] chance the Playboys ever had.
No matter how they picked them, every flang they played [A] was bad.
[Em] [C#] Then Slim [D] come along and he played the songs [G] that stick right in [D] your head.
[G] Slim Shanks and the Can't [D] Hardly Play Boys [A] are really a [D]-knockin'-doom day.
[G] No Chance on this.
[D]
[G] [D]
[Bm]
[A]
[D]
[G] Esmeralda
[D]
[G] [D]
[A]
[D]
Muckinford [G] was a Slim's good [D]-timing gal.
[G] She wasn't much [D] to look at, but Slim loved her [A] anyhow.
You [Em]
[A] [D] can beat her when she's sober, but you [G] have to when [D] she's drunk.
We [G] all called her the [C#] [D] Country Kitty, cause she [A] smelled just like a [D] what-in-the-world-was-that.
[G] Slim Shanks could be anyone [D] who hangs out in a bar.
Or any local yokel who sings and plays [A] guitar.
[C#] [D] All the boys and girls around the [Am] world [D] now [G] they know who they [D] are.
Slim [G] Shanks is about [D] the best chance that [A] they got to be a [D] star.
Yesterday I couldn't even spell star, and now [G] I are one.
[D] A [G] saint I ain't, but a star I [D] are.
Do they not know who we think we are?
[A] I'm tellin' you, we gonna get 500 a gig or we ain't playing.
[D] I think we need some of them whores of yours.
[F#] Some of [G] them carrison things that other [D] people get in the back of the state.
We need some of them [G] little sausages on the hoop there.
[D] That'd be good.
[A]
[D]
[G]
[D] [A]
[D]
[G] [C#] [D]
[A]
[Bm] [D] [Bm]
[D] Slim Shanks and the Can't Hardly Play Boys [G] are picking at your local [D] saloon.
They [G] got a new song out [D] on Polish Records, it'll be a polish it [A] real soon.
[Em] [A] [D] They picked every honky -tonkin' bar [G] from here to [D] Pembroke too.
[G] Slim Shanks and the Can't [D] Hardly Play Boys [A] are busting their butts [D] for you.
Out where the cars are up on blocks [G] and the houses are [D] on wheels.
[G] Slim and a big-time [D] booking agent, they cooked up a hell [A] of a deal.
[D] They'd pick every Walmart parking lot [G] across the [D] USA.
[G] The good Lord willing [D] and the creek don't rise [A] to figure out how to [D] get paid.
[G] No Chance was the only [D] chance the Playboys ever had.
No matter how they picked them, every flang they played [A] was bad.
[Em] [C#] Then Slim [D] come along and he played the songs [G] that stick right in [D] your head.
[G] Slim Shanks and the Can't [D] Hardly Play Boys [A] are really a [D]-knockin'-doom day.
[G] No Chance on this.
[D]
[G] [D]
[Bm]
[A]
[D]
[G] Esmeralda
[D]
[G] [D]
[A]
[D]
Muckinford [G] was a Slim's good [D]-timing gal.
[G] She wasn't much [D] to look at, but Slim loved her [A] anyhow.
You [Em]
[A] [D] can beat her when she's sober, but you [G] have to when [D] she's drunk.
We [G] all called her the [C#] [D] Country Kitty, cause she [A] smelled just like a [D] what-in-the-world-was-that.
[G] Slim Shanks could be anyone [D] who hangs out in a bar.
Or any local yokel who sings and plays [A] guitar.
[C#] [D] All the boys and girls around the [Am] world [D] now [G] they know who they [D] are.
Slim [G] Shanks is about [D] the best chance that [A] they got to be a [D] star.
Yesterday I couldn't even spell star, and now [G] I are one.
[D] A [G] saint I ain't, but a star I [D] are.
Do they not know who we think we are?
[A] I'm tellin' you, we gonna get 500 a gig or we ain't playing.
[D] I think we need some of them whores of yours.
[F#] Some of [G] them carrison things that other [D] people get in the back of the state.
We need some of them [G] little sausages on the hoop there.
[D] That'd be good.
[A]
[D]
[G]
[D] [A]
[D]
Key:
D
G
A
C#
Bm
D
G
A
[D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [F#] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] Slim Shanks and the Can't Hardly Play Boys [G] are picking at your local [D] saloon.
They [G] got a new song out [D] on Polish Records, it'll be a polish it [A] real soon. _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [A] [D] They picked every honky _ -tonkin' bar [G] from here to [D] Pembroke too. _
[G] Slim Shanks and the Can't [D] Hardly Play Boys [A] are busting their butts [D] for you. _ _ _ _
_ _ Out where the cars are up on blocks [G] and the houses are [D] on wheels. _ _
[G] Slim and a big-time [D] booking agent, they cooked up a hell [A] of a deal. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] They'd pick every Walmart _ parking lot [G] across the [D] USA. _ _
[G] The good Lord willing [D] and the creek don't rise [A] to figure out how to [D] get paid. _ _ _ _
_ [G] No Chance was the only [D] chance the Playboys ever had.
No matter how they picked them, _ every flang they played [A] was bad. _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [C#] Then Slim [D] come along and he played the songs [G] that stick right in [D] your head. _
[G] Slim Shanks and the Can't [D] Hardly Play Boys [A] are really a [D]-knockin'-doom day. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] No Chance on this.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Esmeralda _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Muckinford [G] was a Slim's good [D]-timing gal. _ _
[G] She wasn't much [D] to look at, but Slim loved her _ [A] anyhow.
You _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] [D] can beat her when she's sober, but you [G] have to when [D] she's drunk.
_ We [G] all called her the [C#] [D] Country Kitty, cause she [A] smelled just like a [D] what-in-the-world-was-that. _ _
_ [G] Slim Shanks could be anyone [D] who hangs out in a bar. _
Or any local yokel who sings and plays [A] guitar. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] [D] All the boys and girls around the [Am] world [D] now [G] they know who they [D] are.
Slim [G] Shanks is about [D] the best chance that [A] they got to be a [D] star. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yesterday I couldn't even spell star, and now [G] I are one.
_ [D] _ _ A [G] saint I ain't, but a star I [D] are. _
Do they not know who we think we are?
[A] I'm tellin' you, we gonna get 500 a gig or we ain't playing.
[D] I think we need some of them whores of yours.
[F#] _ Some of [G] them carrison things that other [D] people get in the back of the state.
We need some of them [G] little sausages on the hoop there.
[D] That'd be good.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] Slim Shanks and the Can't Hardly Play Boys [G] are picking at your local [D] saloon.
They [G] got a new song out [D] on Polish Records, it'll be a polish it [A] real soon. _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [A] [D] They picked every honky _ -tonkin' bar [G] from here to [D] Pembroke too. _
[G] Slim Shanks and the Can't [D] Hardly Play Boys [A] are busting their butts [D] for you. _ _ _ _
_ _ Out where the cars are up on blocks [G] and the houses are [D] on wheels. _ _
[G] Slim and a big-time [D] booking agent, they cooked up a hell [A] of a deal. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] They'd pick every Walmart _ parking lot [G] across the [D] USA. _ _
[G] The good Lord willing [D] and the creek don't rise [A] to figure out how to [D] get paid. _ _ _ _
_ [G] No Chance was the only [D] chance the Playboys ever had.
No matter how they picked them, _ every flang they played [A] was bad. _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [C#] Then Slim [D] come along and he played the songs [G] that stick right in [D] your head. _
[G] Slim Shanks and the Can't [D] Hardly Play Boys [A] are really a [D]-knockin'-doom day. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] No Chance on this.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Esmeralda _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Muckinford [G] was a Slim's good [D]-timing gal. _ _
[G] She wasn't much [D] to look at, but Slim loved her _ [A] anyhow.
You _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] [D] can beat her when she's sober, but you [G] have to when [D] she's drunk.
_ We [G] all called her the [C#] [D] Country Kitty, cause she [A] smelled just like a [D] what-in-the-world-was-that. _ _
_ [G] Slim Shanks could be anyone [D] who hangs out in a bar. _
Or any local yokel who sings and plays [A] guitar. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] [D] All the boys and girls around the [Am] world [D] now [G] they know who they [D] are.
Slim [G] Shanks is about [D] the best chance that [A] they got to be a [D] star. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yesterday I couldn't even spell star, and now [G] I are one.
_ [D] _ _ A [G] saint I ain't, but a star I [D] are. _
Do they not know who we think we are?
[A] I'm tellin' you, we gonna get 500 a gig or we ain't playing.
[D] I think we need some of them whores of yours.
[F#] _ Some of [G] them carrison things that other [D] people get in the back of the state.
We need some of them [G] little sausages on the hoop there.
[D] That'd be good.
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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