The Ballad Of Stringbean And Estelle - Ver 2

Em On Ridgetop, Tennessee in 1973 Bm Em The Brown Boys killed Stringbean and Estelle Em The reason for it all is in the bib of his overalls Bm Em Least that's what the Brown Boys would tell Bm Em The thieves laid in wait for hours Bm Em But things didn't go their way Em It was just a simple plan, to rob a banjo man Bm Em But he wouldn't let go of his Opry pay Em It must have been a terrible struggle Bm Em For the cash in his bib overalls Em The Brown Boys said don't give us no trouble Bm Em We came for some but now we want it all Bm Em And the thieves said “stand and deliver” Bm Em But Stringbean would not tell Em And later we would learn, there was a point of no return Bm Em They shot him dead and then shot Estelle Em He saw no smoke from the chimney Bm Em So Grandpa knew that something was not right Em It would burn ever more in his memory Bm Em The picture of that dreadful, awful sight Bm Em And twenty three years later Bm Em They tore the fireplace down Em There was twenty thousand dollars Bm Em That the Brown Boys never found Em Bm Em Em Bm Em Bm Em Well it seem like easy money Bm Em But things didn't go their way Em It was just a simple plan, to rob a banjo man Bm Em But he wouldn't let go of his Opry pay Bm Em Now, String said you can't have my Opry pay Em They say that nothing sacred Bm Em And now I have seen it all Em I read it in this mornings paper Bm Em They auctioned off String’s overalls