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Howdy boys, my name is Charlie
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Born in Chickasaw County Jail
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My father, Albert, he was the sheriff
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He shot horse thieves, deer and quail
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I came west to make my fortune
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I ain't gonna work in your factory
D G
I married me an L.A. angel
D G
While I was pumping gasoline
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C G
She was smart and she was pretty
D G
She may have been too smart for me
C G
She graduated with high honours
D G C
In her class down at USC
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And she wrote poetry and painted
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She impressed this loud farm boy
D G
Her father, George, he owned the drugstore
D G
Her name it was Margery Malloy
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C G
George Malloy was a pioneer boy
D G
And he was Irish to the bone
C G
He smoked a pipe and he took me fishing
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Taught me the words to 'Casey Jones'
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I sold his daughter on dreams of glory
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Cocktail parties and high-toned cars
D G
In the war I worked in movies
D G
Handing Oscars to the stars
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I built homes and baseball diamonds
E A
We had two daughters, we had two boys
D A
A swimming pool and four racehorses
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And I loved Margery Malloy
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I also loved the gaming tables
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Poker, craps, it's the same to me
E A
Investing other people's money
E A
Indicted on grand larceny
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D A
So here I sit, I'm back in jail, boys
E A
Because I would not cop a plea
D A
Friends and relatives they vanished
E A D
But she never turned on me
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I had pockets full of silver
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I spread around my wealth and joy
E A
I had it all, then I had nothing
E A
I finally lost Margery Malloy
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D A
Hey, but I dealt cards to Hopalong Cassidy
E A
I played football and I ran track
D A
Forty-eight six in the quarter mile, boys
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Old Charlie Russell, he don't look back
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I could run and I could fight, boys
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I knocked out a peeping-tom
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I drank with stars and baseball heroes
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I ended up in an older folks home
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Howdy boys, my name is Charlie
