Standard (EADGBE)

I met him in Seattle,

He was getting down on a bottle,

Tellin’ lies in the Blue Moon Bar

His face was hard and traveled

And as the lines unraveled

I saw a man who could laugh about his scars

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He said, I got shanghaied in Vegas by a painted lady

 Hog tied by a hustler in Ohio

Derailed by a dancer down in Dallas Oh Lord, he said

Women gonna be the death of me

 But what a way to go

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He said a girl named Nancy

Once tickled his fancy

And backed it up with a fifty dollar smile

He laughed when he remembered

The pain of sweet surrender

But heartache never seemed to cramp his style

Chorus 2

He said I got tongue tied by a teacher in Tallahassee

I got French fried by a waitress in Idaho

I got waylaid by a widow in Wyoming oh lord he said

Women gonna be the death of me

But what a way to go

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Chorus 2