Pearl Snaps
Written by Jason Boland
From the CD "Pearl Snaps" by Jason Boland & the Stragglers
Broken Records
Copyright 1999 Cowboys and Sailors Music
Published by BMI
Transcribed originally by my friend Jeremy Shreffler and fine tuned by myself
later.
Chorus:
G
Cheap bourbon whiskey and pearl snap shirts
C --walkdown-- G
Are two things that stay the same
C
So when the world starts spinnin' and your head hurts
There's cheap bourbon whiskey and pearl snap shirts
C
Well the shade tree mechanic is a dinosaur
G
You can't cuss you can't smoke or spit on the floor
C
And don't hit on a woman 'cause she might sue
D
You can't buy beer in this state past two
But that (Chorus)
Now Buddha is legal but Jesus ain't
The saints are all sinners and the sinners are saints
It's not how you play it's the final score
They don't show M*A*S*H on the tube any more
But that (Chorus)
Now lovers usually leave at the drop of a ring
And daddy doesn't smile when a mockingbird sings
The kids are in school but they're all packin' guns
The losers live forever and the good die young
But that (Chorus)
Well the stars are all fallin' out of the sky
The doors are all locked and the bottle is dry
So pass me a chew and I'll sing you a song
If there's a problem with that we can get it on
'Cause that (Chorus)
C
Cheap bourbon whiskey and pearl snap shirts
This guy is another one of the long line of Red Dirt musicians out of
Stillwater, Oklahoma, joining the likes of The Great Divide, Bob Childers,
and Cross Canadian Ragweed. There is a lot of Robert Earl Keen/Americana
influence to his music. If you ever get a chance to see him, it would be
well worth the trip.
