Randy Rogers

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The Ballad Of Stanley

By Randy Rogers

Capo 2

Bm D

Stanley was a drifter back in '53

A Bm

Never had a bed where he could sleep

Bm D

He ate his meals from the garbage can

A Bm

Just walked around without a real plan

Bm D

Found his way to the Texas line,

A Bm

Stumbled into our town a quarter past nine

Bm D

Had a few drinks at a roadside bar

A Bm

And that's where our story really starts

It was there in the barlight, in a corner booth

Where Stan first met the man who called himself Ruth

Ruth planned to rob the bank and all Stan had to do

Was drive the getaway car, what did he have to lose

Well it sounded good to Stan, cause he'd never had

No kind of money or a side that was bad

They'd take the money skip town and run

And live like two kings in the mexican sun

Chorus:

D A G D

Tumbleweed blowing in the wind

A Bm

Carried him somewhere he never should have been

Bm D

Was it fate or just circumstance

A Bm

Makes you wonder if he ever had a chance

Well across from the First State Band the next day at four

From the drivers seat Stan watched him walk through the door

Whipped out his pistols and waived them all around

He ordered all the scared people down onto the ground

He took the money bags and maybe just for fun

He shot two men dead and one of their sons

Back outside he ordered Stan to drive

The hit the county line 5 minutes till 5

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:

Bm D

Feds caught up with them outside of Larado

A Bm

In an ambush of bullets and a cloud of gun smoke

Bm D

They killed an innocent man on that day

A Bm

But now that poor drifter has a bed where he can lay

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