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As I walk into this honkytonk bad luck showed up again 
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in the form of my old lady in the arms of my best friend. 
                                           G 
She said "Darlin, oh my darlin won't you take me back  
                 A 
again"  I said leave me hear to smoke my mind alone  
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where I stand.   
 
Chorus 
D 
So I rolled a smoke and I made a joke 
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and I smoked a little sin.  Cause whiskey would be risky 
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in the state of mind I'm in. 
D                               G 
So I sailed down to Mexico bad luck showed up again,  
         A 
in the form of Los Banditos with their rifles in their 
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hands.  Los Banditos, Los Banditos take the money from  
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my hand.  Just leave me here to smoke my mind, alone in  
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the sand.   
 
Chorus 
D 
So I rolled a smoke and I made a joke 
        G                            A 
and I smoked a little sin.  Cause whiskey would be risky 
                         D D2 D 
in the state of mind I'm in.  Yeah whiskey would be risky  
         G                        A 
in the state of mind I'm in.  Los Banditos came and took  
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the money from my hand.  Yeah liquer would be quicker 
       G          G/F#     Em 
if I didn't have you old friend.  Cause whiskey would be  
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risky in the state of mind I'm in. 
D                                    G 
As I crawled across the border, bad luck showed up again 
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in the form of Federalis with their pistols drawn again. 
D                           G 
Federalis, Federalis no I won't come back again, just  
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leave me with some whiskey oh and leave me one last sin. 
 
Chorus 
D 
So I rolled a smoke and I made a joke 
        G                            A 
and I smoked a little sin.  Cause whiskey would be risky 
                         D D2 D 
in the state of mind I'm in.   
D                                    G 
Yeah whiskey would be risky in the state of mind I'm in.   
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Federalis came and took away all my sin.  Yeah liquer  
                        G          G/F#     Em 
would be quicker if I didn't have you old friend.  Cause 
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whiskey would be risky in the state of mind I'm in. 
 
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Now my song is almost done and it's the morning after. 
D                                G 
As I woke up this morning, bad luck showed up again in 
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the form of empty poskets, no more woman no more sin. 
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Whiskey oh dear whiskey you're still my favorite friend. 
         A 
Cause liqueor would be quicker in the state of mind I'm 
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in.