Key of C
[Verse]
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The joint was a-jumpin on the corner
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Over on Honkey Tonk Street
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When all of a sudden pulled up a Cadilac car
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And out stepped a cat named Pete.
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Diamond rings on every finger
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He wore a tailor-made suit
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Smoked a black cigar, wore a Stetson hat
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He wore a pair of cowboy boots.
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He busted on through the doorway
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Bad as he could be
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He pulled out a pistol, turned around
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He said "My name is a-big boy Pete".
[Chorus]
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The music stopped, there wasn't a sound
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Over in the cotrner stood a-bad man Brown
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Brow smiled and grinned, he said "My friend,
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You take two steps foward, Im gonna do you in".
[Verse]
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Now Pete said a-look a-here buddy,
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Before I tan your hide
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I got a forty-five to keep me alive
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And severn bullets on my side.
[Chorus]
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Brown pull a knife, he jumped on Pete
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They fought from the counter right on out the street.
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Then swung from north, they swung from south,
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Brown cut that black cigar right out of Pete's mouth
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Pete hit the ground, yell and scream
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He took his Stetson hat and fleed the scene.
[Verse]
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So if you're ever down on the corner,
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Over on Honkey Tonk Street
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Dont mess around, they'll cut you down,
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Take a lesson from-a big boy Pete.