Dale Dickens (Rip)
Recorded by Cooper Alan
Album: Single (2025)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
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(Verse 1)
(G)Katie was a small town homecoming queen
(G)Started dating Dale when she was 19
Her (G)paw thought awh naw Dale's just dumb
But (G)Katie swore her heart and her mind were made up
But (G)she started seeing when Dale started drinking
(G)He'd start yelling for no damn reason
(G)Kiss her then hit her, say something's wrong with her
But (G)she'd still make him that finger licking chicken dinner
(D)One day she caught Dale rolling in the hay
(C)Called up her girls, said here's the thing
Grab a (NC)shovel and double barrel, meet me at the bar
And (NC)that's how the whole thing started

(Chorus)
She went: (C)Hi ho, the whiskey flows
I (G)think my ex has got to go
(G)Take a little nap in a burlap sack
(G)Take a little trip where he don't come back
(G)Hey hey, whatcha say
I (G)know this sounds all kinds of crazy
But he's got (NC)mean and beating, cheating running through him
(NC)Don't feel bad — that boy has it coming to him 

(Verse 2)
Well (G)Katie said girls now here's the plan
I (G)know none of us ever killed a man
(G)Jenny said we can probably fit him in my truck
Still (G)got a little blood from when I killed that buck
(G)Becky said I got a fresh set of knives
In (G)case they might come in handy tonight
(G)Brenda said I got a big mop and gloves
(G)Reckon little Pine-Sol'll clean him on up
We can (NC)take him to the lake
And make it (N.C)look just like he drank
And ran his (NC)boat into a log in the fog and it sank
They (NC)had their plan so they raised a toast
Said (G)Dale's so dumb no one's ever gonna know

(Chorus)
(C)Hi ho, the whiskey flows
(C)I think my ex has got to go
(G)Take a little nap in a burlap sack
(G)Take a little trip where he don't come back
(C)Hey hey, whatcha say
I (C)know this sounds all kinds of cra-(A)zy
But he's got (NC)mean and beating, cheating running through him
(NC)Don't feel bad — that boy has it coming to him

(Instrumental)
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(Verse 3)
They (G)took care of Dale and disappeared
Not a (G)trace, no case — they were outta here
And (G)legend has it they're in Mexico
And if you (G)get 'em drunk you can hear them (D)go

(Out-Chorus)
(C)Hi ho, the whiskey flows
(C)My ex is dead, he had to go
(G)Take a little nap in a burlap sack
(G)Take a little trip and he never came back
(C)Hey hey, whatcha say
I (C)know this sounds all kinds of cra-(A)zy
But he had (NC)mean and beating, cheating running through him
(NC)Don't feel bad — that boy had it coming to him
I (A)guarantee that no one's gonna miss him
(NC)Don't feel bad — that boy had it coming to him - - - - -