None of them
WEST TEXAS DEGENERATE
As recorded by Treaty Oak Revival feat. William Clark Green
(2025 release)
Verse 1
G C G
She woke me in the morning as she slammed my trailer door
Em D
She said, "I knew that it was coming
C
You've been running with that whore"
G C G
As I stared at my new girlfriend, wearing nothing but my shirt
Em D C
I hit the bottle one more time and went to work…
Verse 2
G Em C
To be a West Texas degenerate
G Em C
Oh well, I'm a West Texas degenerate
G C G
Layin' pipe down in the desert, hell, I'm living the damn dream
Em D C
In my lifted, diesel, Lincoln Blackface, welding rig machine
G C G
'Til the bossman sent me home 'cause I had liquor on my breath
Em D C
I need a steady hand to pass the X-ray test
Chorus
G Em C
Oh, to be a West Texas degenerate
G Em C
Oh, and if it wasn't for the money, I'd be draggin' up my shit
Em D
And I've been burnin' rods and burning checks
C
And burnin' candles at both ends
Em D C
To be a West Texas degenerate
G C
Oh, yes, I am
Verse 3
G C G
Well, I'm headed to Odessa, guess today is my last day
Em D C
I'm gonna go watch my new girlfriend dance at the Rick's Cabaret
G C G
And if I should spend my night inside the Ector County Jail
Em D C
She'll probably pay my bail with all one-dollar bills
Chorus
G Em C
'Cause she's a West Texas degenerate
G Em C
Oh, and if it wasn't for the money, I'd be draggin' up my shit
Em D
And I've been railin' lines and runnin' bead
C
And being all that I can be
Em D C
To be a West Texas degenerate
G
Oh, yes, I am
Guitar Solo
G C G Em D C
G Em D C G
C G
Verse 4
G C G
This life, it ain't for everyone out in the Wild West
Em D
You learn to fuck and fight and lay some pipe
C
Get drunk and go to bed
G C G
And if you just can't find sleep between the party and the pain
Em D C
Well, you can stay up 'til the sunrise with the help of some cocaine
C
Yeah, I got the good cocaine
Out-Chorus
G Em C
'Cause I'm a West Texas degenerate
G Em C
Oh, and if it wasn't for the money, I'd be draggin' up my shit
Em D
And I've been burnin' rods and burning checks
C
And burnin' candles at both ends
Em D C
To be a West Texas degenerate
Em D C
Oh, well, I'm a West Texas degenerate
Em D C
Yeah, a good ol' West Texas degenerate
G
Oh, yes, I am
C G
Oh, yes, I am
G D G
Oh, yes, I am
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