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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[Verse]
G D A D
Last call for alcohol, I'm finally through with you
D G D
It's too late to go home early and the crowd is thin and fast
B E A
I swear to God the next drink I take, It's gonna be my last
D G D
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired still not over you
G D A D
I've gotta find me a better chaser to chase away these blues
[Chorus]
D G D
Last call for alcohol, I'm finally through with you
B E A
My honky tonkin good for nothing lovesick nights through
D G D
Trying to drink you out of my mind was more than I could do
G D A D
Last call for alcohol, I'm finally through with you
[Verse]
D G D
They say I can keep on drinking, I just can't do it here
B E A
But I drunk myself from sober to a-crying in my bed
D G D
Is it a lover or a liver I really need the most?
G D A D
I'm tired of thinking with the wrong head this will be my final toast
[Chorus]
D G D
Last call for alcohol, I'm finally through with you
B E A
My honky tonkin good for nothing lonesome nights through
D G D
Trying to drink you out of my mind was more than I could do
G D A D
Last call for alcohol, I'm finally through with you
[Verse]
D G D
I pertner burned a hole in my head, talking on this here cell phone
B E A
And all I get is your new message saying you ain?t home
D G D
Your laid up with your next fool, he?s gonna wind up like me just like me
G D A D
Closing every bar in town, with a song everyone can sing
[Chorus]
Am C
I thought she would be so easy to control
G D
I never dreamed that she would leave me standin' in the cold
G D
Now the cold hard facts got me frozen in my tracks as I stand here at her door
G
Because the trailer's rockin' a whole lot more than it ever rocked before
G D A D
Last call for alcohol, I'm finally through with you
D G D
It's too late to go home early and the crowd is thin and fast
B E A
I swear to God the next drink I take, It's gonna be my last
D G D
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired still not over you
G D A D
I've gotta find me a better chaser to chase away these blues
[Chorus]
D G D
Last call for alcohol, I'm finally through with you
B E A
My honky tonkin good for nothing lovesick nights through
D G D
Trying to drink you out of my mind was more than I could do
G D A D
Last call for alcohol, I'm finally through with you
[Verse]
D G D
They say I can keep on drinking, I just can't do it here
B E A
But I drunk myself from sober to a-crying in my bed
D G D
Is it a lover or a liver I really need the most?
G D A D
I'm tired of thinking with the wrong head this will be my final toast
[Chorus]
D G D
Last call for alcohol, I'm finally through with you
B E A
My honky tonkin good for nothing lonesome nights through
D G D
Trying to drink you out of my mind was more than I could do
G D A D
Last call for alcohol, I'm finally through with you
[Verse]
D G D
I pertner burned a hole in my head, talking on this here cell phone
B E A
And all I get is your new message saying you ain?t home
D G D
Your laid up with your next fool, he?s gonna wind up like me just like me
G D A D
Closing every bar in town, with a song everyone can sing
[Chorus]
Am C
I thought she would be so easy to control
G D
I never dreamed that she would leave me standin' in the cold
G D
Now the cold hard facts got me frozen in my tracks as I stand here at her door
G
Because the trailer's rockin' a whole lot more than it ever rocked before
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