Laid Back Country Picker Chords by Waylon Jennings

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So I found out that Shreveport [A] had been hell-bent for his grave.
[B] He read a sign on the barn door [A] that says, The good Lord [E] Jesus saves.
_ But I don't think Jesus knows him, [A] cause he ain't the Jesus kind.
[B] He's a laid-back country pecker [A] with a laid-back [E] country mind.
_ He gave the folks a [A] good show at the Shreveport Coliseum.
[B] They all heard he's died, [A] so they all come [E] out to see him.
_ Friends and neighbors make him happy, [A] Lord them snuff queens treat him kind.
[B] He's a laid-back country pecker [A] with a laid-back [E] country mind. _
[A] Uppers, downers, turn-arounders [E] picked him up and laid him down.
[F#] His old troubles keep on swimming, [B] cause the two damn men to drown.
[E] And he keeps looking for an answer [A] that I know he'll never [E] find.
[B] He's a laid-back country pecker [A] with a laid-back [E] country mind.
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[E] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ Big Bertha back in [A] Beaumont says he really turns her on.
[B] Says she hits the floor dancing when [A] the DJ [E] plays his songs. _
You can see somebody loves him, or [A] at least they did one time.
[B] He's a laid-back country pecker [A] with a laid [E]-back country mind.
_ [A] Uppers, downers, turn [E]-arounders picked him up and laid him down.
[F#] His old troubles keep on swimming, [B] cause the two damn men to [Bm] drown.
And [E] he keeps looking for an answer [A] that I know he'll never find.
[B] He's a laid-back country pecker [A] with a laid-back [E] country mind. _ _ _ _ _ _
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