[Intro]
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E A B x2

[Verse 1]
E                   
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]
E                        
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