Chords for Travis Tritt - When Good Ol' Boys Go Bad (My Honky Tonk History)

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[E] Oh Clarence was a corn-fed Sunday school teacher at [A] the cheap hill church of [E] Christ.
A God-fearing fence [A]-clearing hay-slinging hymn-singing back-breaker all of his [D] life.
[E] Came in early one night, found his pretty [A] wife in the arms [E] of another man.
[G] Still to pay when [A] a good old boy [E] goes bad.
In a smoke-filled late-night club by the river sat [A] a stranger dealing five [E]-card studs.
He was a big-talking, fast [D]-walking fly-by-nighter [A] there to take the money and [Bm] run.
[E] They caught the fella cheating so they set him up [A] a meeting with his maker in the promised [E] land.
Nobody [G] sees a thing [D] when a good old boy [E] goes bad.
The good book goes out the [G] window when [A] the gloves go to the [E] floor.
It's give a damn to be [G] a righteous man, [A] don't give a damn no [B] more.
[G] [E] Under that blue [G] collar [A] there's a big old long red [E] patch.
It hides the truth [G] but it bleeds through when [A] a good old [G] boy [E] goes bad.
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Now old man Taylor was a fourth-generation crop [A]-growing son of [E] a gun.
One dry summer [A] Uncle Sam come a-running wanting money but there wasn't [Bm] none.
[E] He put a crop in the holler when [D] night came, he watered [A] by fall, he had to co [Em]-hard cash.
When [G] times get hard sometimes [D] a good old boy [Em] goes bad.
The [E] good book goes out [G] the window when [A] the gloves go to the [E] floor.
It's give a damn to [G] be a righteous man, [A] don't give a damn no [B] [G] more.
[E] Under that blue [D] collar [A] there's a big old long red [C] patch.
[E] It hides the truth [G] but it bleeds through [A] when a good [G] old boy [Em] goes bad.
[E] The good book goes out [G] the window when [A] the gloves go to [E] the floor.
It's give a damn to [G] be a righteous man, [A] don't give a damn [B] no more.
[E] Under that blue [D] collar [A] there's a big old long [C] red patch.
[E] It hides the truth [G] but it bleeds through [A] when a good old [G] boy [E] goes bad.
It hides the truth [G] but it bleeds through [A] when a good old [G] boy [E] goes bad.
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