THE BUFORD STICK (The Legend of Sheriff Buford Pusser)
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(C and G chords are repeated right before the verse).
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[A]Now Sheriff Buford Pusser's gotten t[Em]oo big for his britches
[A]With his book reviews and movie d[Em]eals
[A]Down at the car lot making public a[Em]ppearances
[C]For breaking up our homes and [G]stills
[A]I know he likes to brag how he w[Em]restled a bear
[A]But I knew him from the funeral[Em] home
[A]Ask him for a warrant, he'll say[Em] "I keep it in my shoe"
[C]That son of a bh has got to [G]go
[C]That son of a bh has got to [G]go
Now they lined up around the block to see that movie
And crying for his ambushed wife
Marveling about about shot eight times and stabbed seven
Some folks can't take a hint
They say he didn't take no crap from the State Line Gang
What the hell they talking bout?
I'm just a hard workingman with a family to feed
And he made my daughter cry
Said he made my daughter cry
[C]"Watch out for B[D]uford!" is what they [G]keep on telling me
But to m[C]e he's just another crooke[D]d lawman up in T[G]ennessee
He gets a new h[C]ot car to k[D]eep us on our toes
And that [Em7]ridiculous stick where the p[C]ress corp. goes
And some big time Hollywood a[D]ctors playing him on the b[G]ig screen
"Watch out for Buford! He's shutting down our stills and wes"
But it ain't like he's all that different from what was there before
It wouldn't take my man long to do the job
Just a partially sawed through steering rod
And I wouldn't have to worry about the good Sheriff anymore
Now the funeral's got'em lined up for twenty blocks
No one liked that SOB when he's alive
But the ruckus he began keeps a spreadin' like a wildfire
Not sure if I'm gonna survive
Hit an embankment doing 120 on a straight-away
The Lord works in mysterious ways
They'll probably make another movie, glorifying what he done
But I'll never have to hear them say
I'll never have to hear them say
Watch out for Buford
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(C and G chords are repeated right before the verse).
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[A]Now Sheriff Buford Pusser's gotten t[Em]oo big for his britches
[A]With his book reviews and movie d[Em]eals
[A]Down at the car lot making public a[Em]ppearances
[C]For breaking up our homes and [G]stills
[A]I know he likes to brag how he w[Em]restled a bear
[A]But I knew him from the funeral[Em] home
[A]Ask him for a warrant, he'll say[Em] "I keep it in my shoe"
[C]That son of a bh has got to [G]go
[C]That son of a bh has got to [G]go
Now they lined up around the block to see that movie
And crying for his ambushed wife
Marveling about about shot eight times and stabbed seven
Some folks can't take a hint
They say he didn't take no crap from the State Line Gang
What the hell they talking bout?
I'm just a hard workingman with a family to feed
And he made my daughter cry
Said he made my daughter cry
[C]"Watch out for B[D]uford!" is what they [G]keep on telling me
But to m[C]e he's just another crooke[D]d lawman up in T[G]ennessee
He gets a new h[C]ot car to k[D]eep us on our toes
And that [Em7]ridiculous stick where the p[C]ress corp. goes
And some big time Hollywood a[D]ctors playing him on the b[G]ig screen
"Watch out for Buford! He's shutting down our stills and wes"
But it ain't like he's all that different from what was there before
It wouldn't take my man long to do the job
Just a partially sawed through steering rod
And I wouldn't have to worry about the good Sheriff anymore
Now the funeral's got'em lined up for twenty blocks
No one liked that SOB when he's alive
But the ruckus he began keeps a spreadin' like a wildfire
Not sure if I'm gonna survive
Hit an embankment doing 120 on a straight-away
The Lord works in mysterious ways
They'll probably make another movie, glorifying what he done
But I'll never have to hear them say
I'll never have to hear them say
Watch out for Buford
