Black Jack Fletcher and Mississippi Sam Montgomery Gentry
Written By: Ronny Scaife / Don Scaife/ Phil Thomas
Intro: D
Verse 1:
Every [D]Friday evening about sundown
Ole' Black Jack Fletcher and Mississippi Sam
Come [G]ridin' their mules and [A]leading their hounds
Down to [D]my place
They holler "[D]Hey son" have you got a drank
Gonna make it hard on you if you ain't
I'd [G]grin and point to a [A]jug coolin' in the [D]spring
They [D]turn the hounds loose and let'em run
Drink a little whiskey and have a lot of fun
[G]Talk about the days when [A]they were younger than n[D]owadays
[D]Talk about women young and old
It was hard to believe all the stories told
[G]Wonder how they got to [A]be as old as they [D]are now
Chorus:
Well[G] Black Jack Fletcher and Mississippi Sam
Fought together in Vietnam
[D]Mean as hell but they say, "Yes mam" to your [A]momma
They [G]gambled away all the money they made
Knowing they was never gonna change their ways
[D]Living out every single [A]day like another wasn't [D]comin'
Verse 2:
[D]Well Ole' Black Jack Fletcher was an onry man
Mississippi Sam didn't give a damn
[G]They'd steal a lady from a [A]man while he was [D]lookin'
[D]Well there ain't no doubt they was both outlaws
Turnin' yellow corn into alcohol
[G]But they never hurt no [A]one who didn't need a [D]hurtin'
Chorus:
[G]Black Jack Fletcher and Mississippi Sam
Always getting in and out of a jam
[D]Makin' up their own law of the land, while a [A]runnin'
[G]They knew life was just a luck of the draw
So they played a game with the local law
[D]Laughin' and sayin' a c[A]atchin' comes before a [D]hangin'
Verse 3:
[D]Now I wouldn't take nothin' for those days
Every now and then I visit their graves
[G]And as the moon hangs in the [A]haze
N/C D
I have a drink to Fletcher and Sam
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