Dewey Wayne - Old No. 7 and a .30-06 ...Tuned down one half step... Intro: Am C Am Em Am C D C Am VERSE 1: Am C Am Em I thought I'd grow, like so many I know, into a proud and respectable man Am C Am Em Instead of being here, holding eyes full of fear, acting like the devil's right hand Am C Am Em My Mother gave her warning, "Don't compromise what's right" Am C D C Am But I grew up wrong, I seemed to be drawn to the darker side of life Am C Am Em The other day, I made my way, to where no honest man would Am C Am Em The Boss himself, hired guns to his left, sat playing five card stud Am C Am Em I laid my money on the table, and I won me a hand or two Am C D C Am Then the Boss dealt me, a fist full of queens, I knew I could not loose Am C Am Em When the cards went down, my heart hit the ground, I had lost everything I own Am C Am Em My money, my car, may daddy's little farm, the only place that I call home Am C Am Em I quickly sank to the bottom, of an ocean of pointed guns Am C D C Am I was a desperate man, with nowhere to stand, and nowhere to run CHORUS: G D Am It's midnight on a Texas highway G D Am I've got a hole in my soul that I know the Lord won't fix G D Am Tonight I might die but I'll die my way G D Am With Old No. 7 and a .30-06 VERSE 2: Am C Am Em For the next three days, I fed my rage, on a self-destructive dive Am C Am Em No food no sleep, just Jack and speed, got to thinking someone must die Am C Am Em Then I caught the sound of, someone laughing out my name Am C D C Am They had stacked the deck, when I lost my bet, that's when I lost all restrain Am C Am Em I plunged right, into the deluge of night, with dark thoughts in my eyes Am C Am Em There's no way, I'd let him get away, with cheating me out of my life Am C Am Em Then I saw this '35 Deluxe Plymouth in black Am C D C Am That Devil's Ride, beckoned me inside, all I left were tracks Am C Am Em I made one stop, my old hunting spot, and grabbed everything that I need Am C Am Em My hand on the bottle, my foot on the throttle, Springfield across my right knee Am C Am Em Saw that Boss outside his barroom, so I left the car in the woods Am C D C Am Repeat Chorus BREAK DOWN: Am C Am Em As I watch the clock, I know I've got, only one thing I can do Am C Am Em He had his gang, and they remain, and they'll hunt me till I'm through Am C Am Em So I grab this eight-ball shifter, and I spin this car around Am C D C Am I'm racing straight, to meet my fate, and put them in the ground Repeat Chorus (Car speeding by at the end of the album version recording is an actual all-original 30's model Plymouth driven by Ray Zuehlke and recorded by Dewey Wayne) All songs written and copyrighted by Dewey Wayne and Fyala Records Dewey Wayne - Old No. 7 and a .30-06 ...Tuned down one half step... Intro: Am C Am Em Am C D C Am VERSE 1: Am C Am Em I thought I'd grow, like so many I know, into a proud and respectable man
Am C Am Em Instead of being here, holding eyes full of fear, acting like the devil's right hand Am C Am Em My Mother gave her warning, "Don't compromise what's right" Am C D C Am But I grew up wrong, I seemed to be drawn to the darker side of life Am C Am Em The other day, I made my way, to where no honest man would Am C Am Em The Boss himself, hired guns to his left, sat playing five card stud Am C Am Em I laid my money on the table, and I won me a hand or two Am C D C Am Then the Boss dealt me, a fist full of queens, I knew I could not loose Am C Am Em When the cards went down, my heart hit the ground, I had lost everything I own Am C Am Em My money, my car, may daddy's little farm, the only place that I call home Am C Am Em I quickly sank to the bottom, of an ocean of pointed guns Am C D C Am I was a desperate man, with nowhere to stand, and nowhere to run CHORUS: G D Am It's midnight on a Texas highway G D Am I've got a hole in my soul that I know the Lord won't fix G D Am Tonight I might die but I'll die my way G D Am With Old No. 7 and a .30-06 VERSE 2: Am C Am Em For the next three days, I fed my rage, on a self-destructive dive Am C Am Em No food no sleep, just Jack and speed, got to thinking someone must die Am C Am Em Then I caught the sound of, someone laughing out my name Am C D C Am They had stacked the deck, when I lost my bet, that's when I lost all restrain Am C Am Em I plunged right, into the deluge of night, with dark thoughts in my eyes Am C Am Em There's no way, I'd let him get away, with cheating me out of my life Am C Am Em Then I saw this '35 Deluxe Plymouth in black Am C D C Am That Devil's Ride, beckoned me inside, all I left were tracks Am C Am Em I made one stop, my old hunting spot, and grabbed everything that I need Am C Am Em My hand on the bottle, my foot on the throttle, Springfield across my right knee Am C Am Em Saw that Boss outside his barroom, so I left the car in the woods Am C D C Am Repeat Chorus BREAK DOWN: Am C Am Em As I watch the clock, I know I've got, only one thing I can do Am C Am Em He had his gang, and they remain, and they'll hunt me till I'm through Am C Am Em So I grab this eight-ball shifter, and I spin this car around Am C D C Am I'm racing straight, to meet my fate, and put them in the ground Repeat Chorus (Car speeding by at the end of the album version recording is an actual all-original 30's model Plymouth driven by Ray Zuehlke and recorded by Dewey Wayne) All songs written and copyrighted by Dewey Wayne and Fyala Records