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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performed by Billy Joe Shaver and Waylon Jennings.
[Verse]
Em Am
Jesse lit us up and passed the bottle one more time
Em
We used to smoke and drink a lot back then
Am
Thunder shook the heavens and the lightning danced the sky
Em
Like i ain't seen since can't remember when
[Verse]
Em Am
The Oklahoma kid laid dying in a women's wing
Em
Just another indian biting dust
Am
Clouds grew dark in promise but they didn't rain a thing
Em
The government ain't something you can trust
[Bridge]
G A D G
Oh the Oklahoma wind slides across the burning sand
G A Em
Over double crosses mother nature made
[Verse]
Em Am
We picked a gig in Tulsa at the Cains ballroom that night
Em
The Oklahoma kid was dead and gone
Am
Rains still hadn't come but the clouds still blacked the sky
Em
That's when i took the time to write this song about the wrong
[Chorus]
G A D G
Oh the Oklahoma wind slides across the burning sand
A Em
Over double crosses mother nature made
G A D G
And nothing's ever come as far as i'm concerned
A Em
From those dead tomorrows planted yesterday
[Verse]
Em Am
The white man took a chance and got his foot hung in the door
Em
He sure as hell is gonna have his day
Am
The redman speaks his peace gain his long lost dignity
Em
Washington just turned the other way
[Verse]
Em Am
Jesse spends his days in Loco Hills New Mexico
Em
Every night he drinks his fill of booze
Am
When Williams ghost is running he lays his money down
Em
Winning just enough to lose to lose to lose ...
[Verse]
Em Am
Jesse lit us up and passed the bottle one more time
Em
We used to smoke and drink a lot back then
Am
Thunder shook the heavens and the lightning danced the sky
Em
Like i ain't seen since can't remember when
[Verse]
Em Am
The Oklahoma kid laid dying in a women's wing
Em
Just another indian biting dust
Am
Clouds grew dark in promise but they didn't rain a thing
Em
The government ain't something you can trust
[Bridge]
G A D G
Oh the Oklahoma wind slides across the burning sand
G A Em
Over double crosses mother nature made
[Verse]
Em Am
We picked a gig in Tulsa at the Cains ballroom that night
Em
The Oklahoma kid was dead and gone
Am
Rains still hadn't come but the clouds still blacked the sky
Em
That's when i took the time to write this song about the wrong
[Chorus]
G A D G
Oh the Oklahoma wind slides across the burning sand
A Em
Over double crosses mother nature made
G A D G
And nothing's ever come as far as i'm concerned
A Em
From those dead tomorrows planted yesterday
[Verse]
Em Am
The white man took a chance and got his foot hung in the door
Em
He sure as hell is gonna have his day
Am
The redman speaks his peace gain his long lost dignity
Em
Washington just turned the other way
[Verse]
Em Am
Jesse spends his days in Loco Hills New Mexico
Em
Every night he drinks his fill of booze
Am
When Williams ghost is running he lays his money down
Em
Winning just enough to lose to lose to lose ...
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