[Intro]
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E A B x2
[Verse 1]
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Warn all the horses
A B
Warn all the riders
E A B
That the fire is coming down
E
Tell my mother
A B
My father and sister
E A B
There ain't nothing to worry about
[Chorus]
E A B
I want Loretta but she won't have me
E A B
She married a loser and he makes her happy
E A B
[Verse 2]
E
Well I'm gonna leave now
A B
The things I was thinkin
E
Buried on a dirt road
A B
Where my heels are sinkin
E
Pack all the instruments
A B
Shoot off the rifles
E
Climb up on the hillside
A B
And wait for the nightfall
E A B
And take to the highway one more time
E A B
Wait for the right words to fall into rhymes
[Chorus]
E A B
And I want Loretta but she won't have me
E A B
She married a loser and he makes her happy
E A B x2
[Verse 3]
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Beat him in a fist fight
A B
I beat him in a knife throw
E
Beat him in a shot glass
A B
Loretta's stone cold
E A B x2
[Verse 4]
E
Well I met a preacher man
A B
And he felt the same
E
He told all the choir boys
A B
And they robbed a bank
E
Caught him in the next town
A B
He was holdin a knife
E
He said we're gonna work on the chain gang
A B
For the rest of our lives
[Chorus]
E A B
And I want Loretta but she won't have me
E A B
She married a loser and he makes her happy
A B
And I want Loretta but she won't have me
E A B
She married a loser and he makes her happy
E A B E
She married a loser