My first tab!!
Lyric searches show last line in first verse is "cured of", but I always thought it was "cleared up".
I prefer the slightly raunchier version.
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I was goin' across Oklahoma
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And I thought I'd fall in love
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Met up with a girl named Thelma
D E F#m
Took three months to get cleared up
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Made up my mind I was gonna get myself together
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I was gonna straighten up
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Made me some friends out in Colorado
D E F#m
Till they found out I sold dope and they locked me up
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You just name it and I've done it
A E
By myself or with a crowd
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I didn't care just what it cost me
D E F#m
I feel lucky that I'm still around
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Ain't gonna pull no hard luck stories
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Like a lot of people's done
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I just did it cause I wanted to
D E F#m
To me it was always kinda' fun
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I don't claim to be Caruso
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And I'm not number one
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And if you don't like my singing
D E F#m
Just put the needle on some other song
D E F#m
Just put your needle on some other song
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I don't claim to be Caruso
A E
And I'm not number one
E F#m
And if you don't like my singing
D E F#m
Just put your needle on some other song
Ya' hear?
D E F#m
Just put your needle on another song
