The Searchers - Tricky Dicky

      
 
 Introduction 
 
 
 E                                                       
  I know the chicks back home are going to jump and shout
 A                                       E  
  When they hear old Tricky Dicky busted out
 
 Verse 1 
 
 E                                                 
 The guard he was a-sleeping in the noonday sun now
 A                                   E                
 Flies were a-buzzin' all around his wo-hah rabbit gun
 E                                                     
 I slipped down off the rockpile I was a-working on now
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 When that guard woke up, well I was wo- hah up and gone
 E               
 Yeah, yeah, yeah
 
 chorus 
 
 E                    ( A  )  E  
 Tricky Dicky he's done broke out
 E                    ( A  )  E  
 Tricky Dicky he's done broke out
 E                    ( A  )  E  
 Tricky Dicky he's done broke out
 G                          
  Gonna tell Miss Lucy Brown
 B                               
  Tricky Dicky's a-comin' to town
 
 Verse 2 
 
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 I headed for the river, I was a movin' jack now
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 The sheriff and his dog were breathin' wo-hah down my back
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 That river sure was muddy and it sure was wide
   A                              E                
 I left it when I saw them on the wo-hah other side
 E               
 Yeah, yeah, yeah
 
 Chorus 
 
 E                    ( A  )  E  
 Tricky Dicky he's done broke out
 E                    ( A  )  E  
 Tricky Dicky he's done broke out
 E                    ( A  )  E  
 Tricky Dicky he's done broke out
 G                         
 Gonna tell old Sally Black
 B                                 
  Tricky Dicky's comin' back ay yay
 
 Guitar Break -chorus style 
 
 
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  Tricky Dear you know it's true
 B                                 
  I sit here just a-waitin' for you
 
 Verse 3 
 
 E                                                  
 Well I met a gal who saw me and she gave me a shout
   A                                  E                      
 I thought it wouldn't hurt much if I wo-hah, stopped an hour
 E                                                       
 She sat me on the sofa and she brought me a glass of gin
 A                                         E                   
 She got me stoned, and she telephoned she wo-hah, turned me in
 
 Chorus 
 
 E                    ( A  )  E  
 Tricky Dicky he's done broke out
 E                    ( A  )  E  
 Tricky Dicky he's done broke out
 E                    ( A  )  E  
 Tricky Dicky he's done broke out
 G                                 
  All the girls gonna weep and wail
 B                           
  Tricky Dicky's back in jail
 E               
 Hey hey, hey hey
 
 Outro guitar 
 
 
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