Well gather round children, a story I will tell
D G C GAbout Pretty Boy Floyd the outlaw, Oklahoma knew him well
G C GWas in the town of Shawnee on a Saturday afternoon
His wife beside him in a wagon as into town they rode
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And along come a deputy sheriff in a manner rather rude
D G C GUsing vulgar words of language and his wife she overheard
And Pretty Boy grabbed a long chain,
C GAnd the deputy grabbed a gun
D G C GAnd in the fight that followed, he laid that deputy down
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Then he ran through the trees and bushes
C GAnd lived a life of shame
D G C GEvery crime in Oklahoma was added to his name
He ran through trees and bushes on the Canadian River shore
D G C GAnd many a starving farmer opened up his door
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It was in Oklahoma City, It was on a Christmas Day
A whole carload of groceries and a letter that did say
G C GWell you say that I'm an outlaw, you say that I'm a thief
D G C GWell, here's a Christmas dinner for the families on relief
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As through this life you travel, you meet some funny men
D G C GSome rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen
G C GAs through this life you ramble, as through this life you roam
You'll never see an outlaw take a family from their home
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