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]
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[Verse 1]
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Slim Chance and the Can't Hardly Playboys are pickin' at your local saloon
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They got a new song out on Polish Records, it'll be a Polish hit real soon
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They picked every honky-tonk and bar from here to Timbuktu
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Slim Chance and the Can't Hardly Playboys are bustin' their butts for you
[Verse 2]
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Out where the cars are up on blocks and the houses are on wheels
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Slim and a big time bookin' agent, they cooked up a hell of a deal
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They'd pick every Wal-Mart parkin' lot across the USA
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If the Good Lord's willin' and the creek don't rise and they figure out how to get paid
[Verse 3]
G D
No Chance was the only chance the Playboys ever had
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No matter how they picked 'em, everything they played was bad
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Then Slim come along and he played the songs that stick right in your head
G D A D
Slim Chance and the Can't Hardly Playboys are really a-knockin' 'em dead
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[Verse 4]
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Esmeralda Muckinfuch was Slim's good timin' gal
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She wasn't much to look at but Slim loved her anyhow
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You couldn't beat her when she's sober, but you had to when she's drunk
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We all called her the Country Kitty, 'cause she smelled just like a what in the world was that?
[Verse 5]
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Slim Chance could be anyone who hangs out in a bar
A
Or any local yokel who sings and plays guitar
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All the boys and girls around the world now they know who they are
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Slim Chance is about the best chance that they got to be a star
[Verse 6]
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Yesterday I couldn't even spell star, and now I are one
G D
I say I ain't but a star I are
A
Do they not know who we think we are?
A
I'm tellin' ya we're gonna get 500 a gig or we ain't playin!
D
I think we need some of them whores dejours
G D
And some of them carrots and other things people get in back of the stage
G D
We need some of them little sausages on toothpicks, maybe a dressing room (that'd be good)
[Outro]
A D G D A D
D G D A D
[Verse 1]
D G D
Slim Chance and the Can't Hardly Playboys are pickin' at your local saloon
G D A
They got a new song out on Polish Records, it'll be a Polish hit real soon
D G D
They picked every honky-tonk and bar from here to Timbuktu
G D A D
Slim Chance and the Can't Hardly Playboys are bustin' their butts for you
[Verse 2]
D G D
Out where the cars are up on blocks and the houses are on wheels
G D A
Slim and a big time bookin' agent, they cooked up a hell of a deal
D G D
They'd pick every Wal-Mart parkin' lot across the USA
G D A D
If the Good Lord's willin' and the creek don't rise and they figure out how to get paid
[Verse 3]
G D
No Chance was the only chance the Playboys ever had
A
No matter how they picked 'em, everything they played was bad
D G D
Then Slim come along and he played the songs that stick right in your head
G D A D
Slim Chance and the Can't Hardly Playboys are really a-knockin' 'em dead
[Instrumental]
D G D A D G D G D A D
[Verse 4]
D G D
Esmeralda Muckinfuch was Slim's good timin' gal
G D A
She wasn't much to look at but Slim loved her anyhow
D G D
You couldn't beat her when she's sober, but you had to when she's drunk
G D A D
We all called her the Country Kitty, 'cause she smelled just like a what in the world was that?
[Verse 5]
G D
Slim Chance could be anyone who hangs out in a bar
A
Or any local yokel who sings and plays guitar
D G D
All the boys and girls around the world now they know who they are
G D A D
Slim Chance is about the best chance that they got to be a star
[Verse 6]
D G D
Yesterday I couldn't even spell star, and now I are one
G D
I say I ain't but a star I are
A
Do they not know who we think we are?
A
I'm tellin' ya we're gonna get 500 a gig or we ain't playin!
D
I think we need some of them whores dejours
G D
And some of them carrots and other things people get in back of the stage
G D
We need some of them little sausages on toothpicks, maybe a dressing room (that'd be good)
[Outro]
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Billy Redden And (...)
Billy Rose
Billy Squier
Billy Talent
Billy The Vision (...)