lucas was a redneck Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]Will Rufus was a redneck
through and through
Drinkin' and fightin'
was all he ever knew
Born with a corncob in his mouth
In Thibodaux, Louisiana, way down south
[F]His [C]daddy died drunk with
a belly full of rum
His [D]mama died waitin' for a
miracle to [G]come
People said that old boy was
born to be a bum
Hanging around with the rest of the riff -raff
down at the pool hall on Main Street
Wearing a red bandana
and a sweaty old straw hat
and Union all -cover, all dirty bare feet
One [C]half stupid and the other half dumb
[D]Born to live and die in a
sharecropper's [G]slum
People said,
that old boy was born to be a bum
Well, [C]who's gonna cry when you die,
Rufus?
Who's gonna miss
you when you're [D]gone?[Dm]
[D]Wil[C]l it be the black man
you called a nigger?
The hippie that you beat up
just cause you was bigger?
Will the riff -raff laugh
at the epitaph on your tomb[D]stone?[Dm]
I'll [D]betcha it says, [G]Here lies Rufus,
born to be a bum,
Died like his daddy with a
belly full of [F]rum.[G]
Well, Rufus went walking
one cold dark night,
Drunker than a skunk
and spoiling for a fight
They beat up an old man
named Booker T. Clay
Just because the man was black
and he was standing in the way
That [C]night Rufus died
in the sharecropper's slum
The [D]sheriff never knew
where the shot came from
[G]People said, I told you
that old boy was born to be a boss
Well, they [C]buried poor Rufus
just two days later
And laid him out cold and [D]alone[Dm][D]
And [C]Booker T. Clay
was the only man there
He bought the great margarine,
he said a little prayer
Now people passin' by stop and stare
at the strange tomb[D]stone
[Dm]It s[D]ays, here [G]lies Rufus,
[D]born to be a bum
He [G]died like his [Dm]daddy,
with a [C]belly full of [G]rye
Yeah, it's gonna cry when you die,
you know
Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah