The Real Deal
written by Billy Joe Shaver and Todd Daniel Snider
Album: "The Real Deal"
12/21/05


INTRO: G  D  G  D

       G                       D
With a halo of gnats around my cotton-pickin' head
                                           A
You never even listened to a single word I said
    G                                 D
You sit there on your pompous ass and click your fancy heels
                                              A
Contemplate another piece of art that you can steal
            G                                    D               Bm
Yeah you're rich and you're good-lookin' and outstanding in your field
            G                 D
But I'm the real deal, no you can't know how I feel
               G               D
'Cause I'm the real, real real deal
      G                             D          G  D
Ah ya bet your sweet petuti I'm the real deal

        G                        D
You may always be rich and I may always be poor
                                                  A
You're the kind that never gets enough of wantin' more
G                       D
Hittin' on my friends, swingin' on my doors
                                             A
Here's a little somethin's gonna even up the score
G                  D                Bm
Try as you may you can't know how I feel
               G                 D
'Cause I'm the real deal, oh you can't know how I feel
               G               D
'Cause I'm the real, real real deal
      G                             D         G  D       
Ah ya bet your sweet petuti I'm the real deal

  G                                  D
I used to chop that cotton sometimes leanin' on my hoe
                                          A
But we all know a hoe ain't just a hoe anymore
    G                            D
You educated gals are 'sposed to be so damned smart
                                                       A
Sometimes you fool around and get the horse behind the cart
      G                                   D            Bm
I got one foot in the grave the other 'un on a 'nanner peel
            G                D
But I'm the real deal, I can make you young girls squeal
               G               D
'Cause I'm the real, real real deal
    G                             D
You bet your sweet petuti I'm the real deal


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