SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL
Conway Twitty
Submitted by: Christopher R.
6/6/2021

Intro: (C#m) (A) (B) (C#) (A) (B) x 2

Well, I was (C#m) there to buy a pistol
She was (B) there to hauck her ring
The (C#m) broker in the pawnshop
Deals in (B) almost anything.
He'll (C#m) pay you for your misery
Or he'll (B) sell you someone's pain
And that (A) twinkle in his greedy eye
(G#) Says your loss will be his (C#m) gain.

She stood back in the shadows
As the broker dealt with me
Her eyes were dark and desperate
From some private misery.
His words were so prophetic
When he said you got a steal
I said throw in one bullet
And you got yourself a deal.

  Oh, a (C#m) Saturday night special
  Is an (B) easy thing to buy
  All you (C#m) gotta be is twenty-one
  Or (B) fifteen if you lie.
  Just (F#m) hand the man money
  And if (C#m) someone's gotta die
  The (A) broker in the pawnshop
  (G#) Won't even blink an (C#m) eye

(A) (B) (C#) (A) (B)

Well, he handed me the pistol
And I was almost to the door
When I heard him tell the lady
Seven dollars nothing more.
The lady started crying
As he took her wedding band
Well, my hand was in my pocket
And the gun was in my hand.

I was gonna use that bullet
To end my life
I was once somebody's husband
She was once somebody's wife.
Well, I usually mind my business
But I could not walk away
His dollars just weren't making sense
And I knew I had to stay.

--KEY CHANGE--

Well, the (Dm) broker's face turned pasty
When he (C) caught my icy stare
It would (Dm) never leave my pocket
But he (C) knew the gun was there.
I (Dm) asked him what his life was worth
And he (C) opened up that drawer
For a (Bb) simple golden wedding band
(A) He paid $2000 mo(Dm)re.

  That (Dm) Saturday night was special
  Even (C) though it wasn't planned
  As (Dm) we walked down the sidewalk
  She (C) reached and took my hand.
  We (Gm) crossed the bridge and I took that gun
  And (Dm) sailed it through the air
  I said, (Bb) "Ever been to Texas?"
  (A) She said, "I think I'd love it (Dm) there."

  Oh, a (Dm) Saturday night special
  Is an (C) easy thing to buy
  All you (Dm) gotta be is twenty-one
  Or (C) fifteen if you lie.
  But there's a (Gm) pawnshop in the city
  That used to (Dm) deal in everything
  Ha, but you (Bb) can't buy a pistol there,
  (A) You cant hawk your wedding (Dm) ring 

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