Chords for Tom Rush - Ladies Love Outlaws - Live

_ _ _ This is a tune that a fellow named Lee Clayton wrote.
He told me he wrote it for me
_ But he but Waylon Jennings had a hit on it.
I'm sure he also told Waylon
[G] _ _ Bessie [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[E] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
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was a lovely child from East, Tennessee
[D] Lira was an outlaw hard-eyed
[G] One _ day she caught him staring and it [C] chilled her to the [G] bone
[D] Swore she had to see that look on the child of [G] her own
_ _ _ _ The [C] ladies love outlaws [G] [D] like babies [G] love stray dogs
_ Ladies touch [C] babies like a banker touches [G] gold
[D] _ Outlaws touch ladies deep down in their [G] soul
_ Now _ _ Linda, she's a pretty girl.
[C] She's blind and built [G] to last
[D] Timmy he's a guitar picker just running from his [G] dad
_ _ While listening to his song she [C] heard nothing but bad [G] news
[D] Still she made her mind up to get him [G] win or lose _ _ _ _
_ [C] Like _ _ [G] _ _ [D]
babies _ [G] stray dogs _
Ladies touch babies [C] like a banker touches [G] [D] gold
Outlaws touch ladies deep down [G] in their soul _
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Now Jessica she liked Cadillacs [C] diamonds for [G] her hands
[D] Same or had a reputation as a ladies [G] man
_ _ Well late one night a lot of love it finally gave the sign
[D] Jesse parked your Cadillac and took her [G] place in line, you know, why? _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] Like babies _ [G] love chainsaws _
Ladies touch babies [C] like a banker touches [G] gold
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Outlaws touch ladies deep down in [G] their soul
You know ladies touch babies [C] like a banker touches [G] gold [D] _ _ outlaws _ _ _
touch ladies _ _ _ _
_ Any damn words they want
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