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I.O. Blues Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Paycheck
I.O. Blues
Recorded by Johnny Paycheck
Written by Jesse Shofner and Wade Kirby
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I got a '57 Ford and a pocket full of I.O.
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Now they wanna come and get me for a credit card that I've over
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If this old jalopy's running real good tonight
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Come tomorrow morning I'll be
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nowhere in sight
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law's gettin' closer and
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I'm getting in the mood to
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move
Hey I've got a reputation hotter than the checks that I've
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wrote
It's not that I'm dishonest the problem is honey I'm
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broke
I tried to pay the bank but they said the money's phony
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Now my second wife is hounding
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me for alimony
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Isabelle should call just
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tell her I'm in
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Mexico or somewhere
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know I'd like to get a bottle and drink my troubles
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away
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come tomorrow morning I'd still have bills to
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pay
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feel sorry for anybody standing in my
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hard to jump for joy
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when you got a case of I.O.
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blues
Repeat #3
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sure feel sorry for anybody standing in my
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hard to jump for joy
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when you got a case of I.O.
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blues
FAQ
Who sang the the song I.O. Blues?
- The song I.O. Blues was sang by Johnny Paycheck.
Who is Johnny Paycheck?
- Johnny Paycheck (born Donald Eugene Lytle May 31, 1938 - February 19, 2003) was an American country music singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a force in country music's "outlaw movement" popularized by artists Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, and Merle Haggard. In the 1980s, his music career slowed due to drug, alcohol and legal problems. He served a prison sentence in the early 1990s and his declining health effectively ended his career in early 2000. In 1980, Paycheck appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits (season 5).
