Biography:
Billy Joe Shaver (born in Corsicana, TX, on 16 August 1939; died 28 October 2020) was an American Texas country music singer and songwriter. Shaver's 1973 album 'Old Five and Dimers Like Me' is a classic in the outlaw country genre.
Shaver was raised by his mother, Victory Watson Shaver, his father Virgil having left the family before Shaver was born. Until he was 12, he spent a great deal of time with his grandmother in Corsicana so that his mother could work in Waco.
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Other songs:
- If I Give My Soul
- Live Forever
- A Restless Wind
- Aint No God In Mexico
- America You Re My Woman
- Aunt Jessies Chicken Farm
- Black Rose
- Bottom Dollar
- Chicken On The Ground
- Comin On Strong
- Down The Road By The Way
- Evergreen
- Fame
- Georgia On A Fast Train
- Get Thee Behind Me Satan
- Gypsy Boy
- Heart Of Texas
- Honky Tonk Heroes
- I Changed My Mind
- I Dont Seem To Fit Anywhere
- If The Trailers Rockin Dont Come Knockin
- Im Going Crazy In 34 Time
- It Just Aint There For Me No More
- Jesus Christ Is Still The King
- Last Call For Alcohol
- Lately Ive Been Leaning Toward The Blues
- Livin A Lovin Lie
- Love Is So Sweet
- Love Till Cows Come Home
- Manual Labor
- Oklahoma Wind
- Old Chumk Of Coal
- Played The Game Too Long
- Ragged Old Truck
- Ride Me Down Easy
- Silver Wings Of Time
- Slim Chance And The Cant Hardly Playboys
- Star In My Heart
- Sweet Melody
- Texas Uphere Tennessee
- The Git Go
- The Good Lord Knows I Tried
- The Real Deal
- Theres No Fool Like An Old Fool
- Try Try Again
- We
- We Stayed Too Long At The Fair
- When I Get My Wings
- When The Fallen Angels Fly
- When The Word Was Thunderbird
- Why The Man In Black Sings The Blues
- Woman Is The Wonder Of The World
- Yesterday Tomorrow Was Today
- You Wouldnt Know Love If You Fell In It
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[Intro]
Em A D G D
[Verse]
D Em A D
On the old Rio Grande around midnight, the young boy had fallen asleep
G D A
The old yeller dog he found on the trail lay curled in a ball at his feet
D G D
The cowpokes was all drunk and wasted in a town right close to the herd
G D A
When a hurricane wind come blowin' in, there weren't time to give 'em no word
D G D
St. Elmo's fire lit up the herd, turned 'em and turned 'em to one
G D A
When they plowed thru the town with the eeriest sound, not a single soul there was spared
Em A D G
Not a soul there was spared
[Verse]
D Em A D
The young boy went whippin' and ridin' into the darkness of night
G D A
The cookie's young steed was a hell of a ride and the saddle bags bulged on each side
D G D
He rode northeast toward the sunrise that came when the wind died away
G D A
The saddle bags held all the cookie had come by, beef jerky, a gun, and his pay
Em A D G
It was the kid's lucky day
[Verse]
D Em A D
Evan McGuire was a gambler, cheater of cards was his trade
G D A
A horseless carriage that ran out of gas last night was a part of his wage
D G D
The trail was right lonesome that mornin, nary a soul was in sight
G D A
When the young boy rode up the gambler took aim, figurin' to take the kid's ride
D G D
His bullet went strange like the life he had led, it just wasn't his lucky day
Em A D G
With his life he did pay
[Bridge]
D Em A D
The kid rifled thru his belongin's, never had killed him no man
G D A
The cookie's pistol was weathered and worn but it brought down a hard one that day
Em A D G
The kid rode away
[Verse]
D Em A D
Aunt Jessie's Chicken Farm waited, on those seekin' comfort and play
G D A
The young boy was older and wiser by then, but somethin' just pulled him that way
D G D
He'd taken the money, the gun, and the watch, the gambler had need for no more
G D A
Then he tipped back his hat and he crawled off his horse and headed for Aunt Jessie's door
Em A D G
This would be his first w***e
[Verse]
D Em A D
Women all gathered around him, marveled how young he must be
G D A
The kid picked him one, went for her room, when she gracefully led him away
Em A D G
It was his turn to play
[Verse]
D Em A D
A month's worth of wages he spent there, that's where he figured he'd stay
G D A
The woman he'd picked was the best of the lot, older and wiser than he
D G D
Try as she may she still fell in love, started to lay back her pay
Em A D G
They would marry some day
[Verse]
D Em A D
One night while dustin' his clothes off, she noticed the watch by her bed
G D A
She knew the man who belonged to that watch, somehow she knew he was dead
D G D
She was barely fifteen when she met him, and bore him a son on the trail
G D A
The baby got left in the fork of a tree and he dragged her off sicker than hell
Em A D G D
She escaped him somehow
[Verse]
D Em A D
When she asked the kid 'bout his birthplace, she teared up and started to cry
G D A
She held him and hugged him and kissed him, and told him to leave her that night
D G D
The kid pulled himself into manhood, saved him a measure of pride
G D A
Mother and son bid each other goodbye, she waved as he rode out of sight
Em A D G D
She raised the kid
Em A D G D
[Verse]
D Em A D
On the old Rio Grande around midnight, the young boy had fallen asleep
G D A
The old yeller dog he found on the trail lay curled in a ball at his feet
D G D
The cowpokes was all drunk and wasted in a town right close to the herd
G D A
When a hurricane wind come blowin' in, there weren't time to give 'em no word
D G D
St. Elmo's fire lit up the herd, turned 'em and turned 'em to one
G D A
When they plowed thru the town with the eeriest sound, not a single soul there was spared
Em A D G
Not a soul there was spared
[Verse]
D Em A D
The young boy went whippin' and ridin' into the darkness of night
G D A
The cookie's young steed was a hell of a ride and the saddle bags bulged on each side
D G D
He rode northeast toward the sunrise that came when the wind died away
G D A
The saddle bags held all the cookie had come by, beef jerky, a gun, and his pay
Em A D G
It was the kid's lucky day
[Verse]
D Em A D
Evan McGuire was a gambler, cheater of cards was his trade
G D A
A horseless carriage that ran out of gas last night was a part of his wage
D G D
The trail was right lonesome that mornin, nary a soul was in sight
G D A
When the young boy rode up the gambler took aim, figurin' to take the kid's ride
D G D
His bullet went strange like the life he had led, it just wasn't his lucky day
Em A D G
With his life he did pay
[Bridge]
D Em A D
The kid rifled thru his belongin's, never had killed him no man
G D A
The cookie's pistol was weathered and worn but it brought down a hard one that day
Em A D G
The kid rode away
[Verse]
D Em A D
Aunt Jessie's Chicken Farm waited, on those seekin' comfort and play
G D A
The young boy was older and wiser by then, but somethin' just pulled him that way
D G D
He'd taken the money, the gun, and the watch, the gambler had need for no more
G D A
Then he tipped back his hat and he crawled off his horse and headed for Aunt Jessie's door
Em A D G
This would be his first w***e
[Verse]
D Em A D
Women all gathered around him, marveled how young he must be
G D A
The kid picked him one, went for her room, when she gracefully led him away
Em A D G
It was his turn to play
[Verse]
D Em A D
A month's worth of wages he spent there, that's where he figured he'd stay
G D A
The woman he'd picked was the best of the lot, older and wiser than he
D G D
Try as she may she still fell in love, started to lay back her pay
Em A D G
They would marry some day
[Verse]
D Em A D
One night while dustin' his clothes off, she noticed the watch by her bed
G D A
She knew the man who belonged to that watch, somehow she knew he was dead
D G D
She was barely fifteen when she met him, and bore him a son on the trail
G D A
The baby got left in the fork of a tree and he dragged her off sicker than hell
Em A D G D
She escaped him somehow
[Verse]
D Em A D
When she asked the kid 'bout his birthplace, she teared up and started to cry
G D A
She held him and hugged him and kissed him, and told him to leave her that night
D G D
The kid pulled himself into manhood, saved him a measure of pride
G D A
Mother and son bid each other goodbye, she waved as he rode out of sight
Em A D G D
She raised the kid
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