Jerry Jeff Walker - Slim chance and the cant hardly playboys

Slim ^DChance and the Can't Hardly Playboys are ^Gpickin' at your local ^Dsaloon They got a new ^Gsong out on P^Dolish Records, it'll be a Polish hit real ^A7soon They p^Dicked every honky-tonk and bar from ^Ghere to Timbuk^Dtu Slim ^GChance and the Can't Hardly ^DPlayboys are ^A7bustin' their butts for ^Dyou

^DOut where the cars are up on blocks and the ^Ghouses are on w^Dheels ^GSlim and a big time ^Dbookin' agent, they cooked up a hell of a ^A7deal They'd ^Dpick every Wal-Mart parkin' lot a^Gcross the US^DA If the ^GGood Lord's willin' and the ^Dcreek don't rise and they ^A7figure out how to get ^Dpaid

No matter how they picked 'em, everything they played was ^A7bad Then ^DSlim come along and he played the songs that ^Gstick right in your ^Dhead Slim ^GChance and the Can't Hardly ^DPlayboys are ^A7really a-knockin' 'em ^Ddead

^DEsmeralda Muckinfuch was ^GSlim's good timin' ^Dgal She ^Gwasn't much to ^Dlook at but Slim loved her any^A7how You couldn't ^Dbeat her when she's sober, but you ^Ghad to when she's d^Drunk We all ^Gcalled her the Country ^DKitty, 'cause she ^A7smelled just like a ^Dwhat in the world was that?

Or any local yokel who sings and plays g^A7uitar All the ^Dboys and girls around the world now ^Gthey know who they ^Dare Slim ^GChance is about the ^Dbest chance that they ^A7got to be a ^Dstar

^DYesterday I couldn't even spell star, and now I ^Gare one ^D I say I ^Gain't but a star I ^Dare Do they not know who we think we are? ^A7

^DI think we need some of them w***es dejours And some of them ^Gcarrots and other things people get in ^Dback of the stage We need some of them little ^Gsausages on toothpicks, maybe a dressing room (that'd be ^Dgood)