Chords for songsChoctaw BingoChoctaw Bingo chordsby James McMurtryYear: 2002Genre: BluesGuitarSimplifiedOriginalTabsTuningE A D G B ECapoNo capoTransposeEADGBEEmGALearnSmart scrollChord HighlightIntro 1Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Verse 1Em Strap them kids in, give 'em a lil bit of vodka In a cherry Coke, we're goin to G Oklahoma A To the Em family reunion for the first time in years It's up at uncle Slaton's 'cause he's G getting on in A years You know he Em no longer travels but he's still pretty spry He's not much on talk and he's just G too mean to A die And they'll be Em comin' down from Kansas and from West Arkansas It'll be one great big old party like you've G never A saw Solo 1Em Em Em Em Verse 2Em Uncle Slaton's got his Texan pride Back in the thickets with his G Asian A bride Got an Em airstream trailer and a Holstein cow Still makes whiskey 'cause he G still knows A how He plays that Em Choctaw Bingo every Friday night You know he had to leave Texas but he G won't say A why He owns a Em quarter section up by Lake Eufaula Caught a great big ol' Bluecat on a G driftin' A jugline Sells his Em hardwood timber to the chippin' mill Cooks that crystal meth because his G shine don't A sell He cooks that Em crystal meth because his 'shine don't sell You know he likes that money he don't G mind the A smell Solo 2Em Em Em Em Verse 3Em My cousin Roscoe, Slaton's oldest boy From his second marriage up in G Illinois A He's raised in Em east St. Louis by his mamma's people Where they do things different, thought he'd G just come on A down He's goin' to Em Dallas, Texas in a semi truck Caught from that big McDonald's You know that one G that's built up A on that Em Great big old bridge across the Will Rogers turnpike Took the big cabin exit, stopped and G bought a carton of A cigarettes At that Em Indian smoke shop with the big neon smoke rings In the Cherokee nation hit MusG kohgee late that A night Somebody Em ran the stoplight at the Shawnee Bypass Roscoe tried to miss 'em G but he didn't A quite Solo 3Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Verse 4Em Bob and Mae come up from Some little town way down by Lake Texoma, where he G coaches A football They were Em two-A champions now for two years running But he says they won't be this year No, they G won't be A this year And he Em stopped off in Tushka at the pop knife and gun place Bought a SKS rifle and a G couple full A cases of that Em steel core ammo With the Berdan primers from some East bloc nation That no G longer A needs 'em And a Em Desert Eagle that's one great big old pistol I mean fifty caliber made by G bad-ass A Hebrews And some Em surplus tracers for that old BAR Of Slaton's as soon as it gets dark we're gonna G have us a A time We're Solo 4gonna Em (have us a Em time) Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Verse 5Em Ruth-Anne and Lynn come down from Baxter Springs And that's one hell-raisin' town Way up in G Southeastern A Kansas Got a Em biker bar next to the lingerie store That's got the Rollin' Stones' lips Up there in G bright pink A neon And they're Em right downtown where everyone can see 'em And they burn all night You know they G burn all A night You know they Em burn all G night A Solo 5Em Em Em Em Verse 6Em Ruth-Anne and Lynn they wear them cut-off britches And then skinny little halters and they're G second A cousins to me Em Man, I dont care, I wanna get between them With a great big 'ol hard-on Like an G ol' Bodark A fencepost You could Em hang a pipe rail gate from Do some sister twisters till the cows come home And we'll be G having us a A time Solo 6Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Em Verse 7Em Uncle Slaton's got his Texan pride Back in the thickets with his G Asian A bride He's cut that Em corner pasture into acre lots He sells 'em owner financed G strictly to A them It's got no Em kind of credit 'cause he knows they're slackers And they'll miss that payment and then he G takes it A back He plays that Em Choctaw Bingo every Friday night He drinks his Johnny Walker at that G club 69 A We're gonna Em strap them kids in give 'em a lil' bit of Benadryl In a cherry Coke we're goin to G Oklahoma A Gonna Em have us a time Gonna have us a G time A Outro 1Em Em Em G A [Repeat and fade]