When Good Ol Boys Go Bad

E G Ol' Clarence was a corn-fed Sunday School teacher at the A G Cheap hill church of Christ E G A god-fearin', fence-clearin', hay-slingin', hymn-singin' A G Back breaker all o' his life E Came in early one night G found his pretty wife A G in the arms of another man E G A G There hell to pay when a good ol' boy goes bad In a smoke-filled late night club by the river sat a stranger dealin' five card stud He was a big-talkin' fast-walkin' fly by nighter There to take their money and run They caught the fella' cheatin' so they set him up a meetin' With his maker in the promise land Nobody sees a thing when a good ol' boy goes bad E G The good book goes out the window A G When the gloves go to the floor E G His give a damn to be a righteous man A G Don't give a damn no more E G Under that blue collar A G is a big ol' long red path E G That hides the truth but it bleeds through A E When a good ol' boy goes bad Now old man Taylor was a fourth generation Crop growin' son of a gun One dry summer Uncle Sam come a runnin' Wantin' money but there wasn't none He put a crop in the holler, when night came he watered by fall he had the cold, hard cash When times get hard sometimes a good ol' boy goes bad Repeat chorus: E G It hides the truth but it bleeds through A E When a good ol' boy goes bad