Intro: . . 2 5 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 5 3 3 2 2 0 0 . 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 5 3 . This a song about best friendsG C G D John Roy was boy I knew, since he was three and I was twoG C D Grew up two little houses down from meG C G D The only two bad apples on our family tree, kind of ripened and rotted in our pubertyG C D Two kindred spirits bound by destinyEm C Well I was smart but I lacked ambitionG D Johnny was wild with no inhibitionG C D Was about like mixing fire and gasoline and he?d sayG C G D G C Hey, Romeo lets go down to Mexico chase senoritas drink ourselves sillyG D Show them Mexican girls a couple real hillbilliesG C Got a pocket full of cash and an old ford truck,G D Fuzzy can hanging from the mirror for luckG C D Said don?t you know all those little brown-eyed girlsD G 1. C G D Want playboys of the southwestern world 2. C G D 3. (see bottom)G C G D Long around our eighteenth year we found two airplane tickets the hell outta hereG C D Got scholarships to some small town school in TexasG C We learned to drink sangrias ?till the dawns early lightG D Eat eggs ranchero and throw up all nightG C D And tell those daddys girls we were majorin? in a rodeoEm C Ah, but my favorite memory of school that fallG D Was the night John Roy came running down the hallG C D Wearin? nothing but cowboy boots and a big sombrero and he was yellin?Em C G D And I said we had a little change in plans like when Paul McCartney got busted in japanG C D And I said we got waylaid when we set foot on Mexican soil (Slow down)G C You see the border guard with a Fu Manchu mustacheG D Kind of stumbled on John?s pocket full of American cashG C D He said doing a little funny business in Mexico amigoEm C But all I could think about was saving my own tailG D When he mentioned ten years in a Mexican jailG C D So I pointed at John Roy and said it?s all his now please let me go No chord------------------------------------------------------------------------- I mean it was your idea genius I was just laying in bed when you saidC G D 3. Playboys of the southwestern worldG C G D G Ah, we?re still best friends, temporary cellmates Outro: Beginning riff
Playboys of the Southwestern World
Blake Shelton
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