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^CJimmy was a regular at the local drinking bar ^FHe worked like every^G7body else and ways were mean and hard

I ^Cmet him as a little boy and I liked him as I ^Fgrew Jimmy's life was ^G7tough and seemed like everybody ^Cknew

That Jimmy was a drinking kind of ^Fman He ^G7loved to hear a good hillbilly ^Cband

The scar across his face was Jimmy's ^Fbrand Cause ^G7Jimmy was a drinking kind of ^Cman

We got to be together 'fore the good Lord tucked him in

He ^Fsaid I'm never ^G7coming back to this old town again Said ^Cno one understands me folks don't even want me ^Fhome

He took a drink of ^G7wine and said its hell to be ^Calone

That Jimmy was a drinking kind of ^Fman He ^G7loved to hear a good hillbilly ^Cband

The scar across his face was Jimmy's ^Fbrand Cause ^G7Jimmy was a drinking kind of ^Cman

I finally got to see ole Jim after being gone so long

By the ^Fcrowd of cars ^G7around his house

I could tell there was something wrong

I ^Carrived in time to find him in a pine box on the ^Ffloor His momma's eyes were ^G7filled with tears as I stepped in the ^Cdoor

That Jimmy was a drinking kind of m^Fan He ^G7loved to hear a good hillbilly ^Cband

The scar across his face was Jimmy's ^Fbrand Cause ^G7Jimmy was a drinking kind of ^Cman

Johnny Rodriguez - Jimmy was a drinking kind of man