Тональность: G major•
Verse 1
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Will Rufus was a redneck
through and through
Drinkin' and fightin'
was all he ever knew
Born with a corncob in his mouth
In Thibodaux, Louisiana, way down south
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C
His daddy died drunk with
a belly full of rum
D
His mama died waitin' for a
People said that old boy was
born to be a bum
Hanging around with the rest of the riff -raff
down at the pool hall on Main Street
Wearing a red bandana
and a sweaty old straw hat
and Union all -cover, all dirty bare feet
C
One half stupid and the other half dumb
D
Born to live and die in a
People said,
that old boy was born to be a bum
C
Well, who's gonna cry when you die,
Rufus?
Who's gonna miss
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Dm
you when you're gone?
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C
Will it be the black man
you called a nigger?
The hippie that you beat up
just cause you was bigger?
Will the riff -raff laugh
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Dm
at the epitaph on your tombstone?
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G
I'll betcha it says, Here lies Rufus,
born to be a bum,
Died like his daddy with a
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G
belly full of rum.
Well, Rufus went walking
one cold dark night,
Drunker than a skunk
and spoiling for a fight
They beat up an old man
named Booker T. Clay
Just because the man was black
and he was standing in the way
C
That night Rufus died
in the sharecropper's slum
D
The sheriff never knew
where the shot came from
G
People said, I told you
that old boy was born to be a boss
C
Well, they buried poor Rufus
just two days later
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Dm
D
And laid him out cold and alone
was the only man there
He bought the great margarine,
he said a little prayer
Now people passin' by stop and stare
D
at the strange tombstone
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G
It says, here lies Rufus,
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Dm
He died like his daddy,
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G
with a belly full of rye
Yeah, it's gonna cry when you die,
you know
Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah
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