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 1]
G
Early this mornin' without any warnin'
C G
I took me a look at myself, good God
C G
I seen how this married up life I been livin'
A7 D
Was tryin' to choke me to death
G
I laid on the bed with my gun to my head
C G
And I nearly 'bout ended it all
C G
But I come to myself just before I got killed
A7 D G
And I blowed me some holes in the wall
[Chorus]
G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
C G
And haulin' myself into town
C G
I'm thinkin' 'bout raisin' so much doggone much hell
A7 D
That I'll die 'fore I live it all down
G
I lay 'round this place 'til I'm blue in the face
C G
And I may as well be underground
C G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
A7 D G
And haulin' myself into town
[Instrumental]
G C G C G A7 D
G C G C G A7 D
[Verse 2]
G
A honky tonk man in a honky tonk band
C G
With a honky tonk girl on my arm
C G
I may be as ugly as an old mud-rail fence
A7 D
But I'm loaded with hillbilly charm, that's right
G
It's my life and no wife of mine's gonna tell me
C G
I can't go and have me some fun
C G
So before that old heffer drives back in from Waco
A7 D G
You can bet your rear end I'll be gone, long gone
[Chorus]
G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
C G
And haulin' myself into town
C G
I'm thinkin' 'bout raisin' so much doggone much hell
A7 D
That I'll die 'fore I live it all down
G
I lay 'round this place 'til I'm blue in the face
C G
And I may as well be underground
C G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
A7 D G
And haulin' myself into town
[Outro]
C G
Yeah, I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
A7 D G
And haulin' myself into town
G
Early this mornin' without any warnin'
C G
I took me a look at myself, good God
C G
I seen how this married up life I been livin'
A7 D
Was tryin' to choke me to death
G
I laid on the bed with my gun to my head
C G
And I nearly 'bout ended it all
C G
But I come to myself just before I got killed
A7 D G
And I blowed me some holes in the wall
[Chorus]
G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
C G
And haulin' myself into town
C G
I'm thinkin' 'bout raisin' so much doggone much hell
A7 D
That I'll die 'fore I live it all down
G
I lay 'round this place 'til I'm blue in the face
C G
And I may as well be underground
C G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
A7 D G
And haulin' myself into town
[Instrumental]
G C G C G A7 D
G C G C G A7 D
[Verse 2]
G
A honky tonk man in a honky tonk band
C G
With a honky tonk girl on my arm
C G
I may be as ugly as an old mud-rail fence
A7 D
But I'm loaded with hillbilly charm, that's right
G
It's my life and no wife of mine's gonna tell me
C G
I can't go and have me some fun
C G
So before that old heffer drives back in from Waco
A7 D G
You can bet your rear end I'll be gone, long gone
[Chorus]
G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
C G
And haulin' myself into town
C G
I'm thinkin' 'bout raisin' so much doggone much hell
A7 D
That I'll die 'fore I live it all down
G
I lay 'round this place 'til I'm blue in the face
C G
And I may as well be underground
C G
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
A7 D G
And haulin' myself into town
[Outro]
C G
Yeah, I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
A7 D G
And haulin' myself into town
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