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Jimmy Was A Drinking Kind Of Man Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Rodriguez
Jimmy Was A Drinking Kind Of Man
Written and recorded by Johnny Rodriguez
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Jimmy was a regular at the local drinking bar
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He worked like every
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body else and ways were mean and hard
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met him as a little boy and I liked him as I
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grew
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tough and seemed like everybody
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knew
That Jimmy was a drinking kind of
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man
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loved to hear a good hillbilly
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band
The scar across his face was Jimmy's
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brand
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Jimmy was a drinking kind of
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We got to be together 'fore the good Lord tucked him in
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said I'm never
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coming back to this old town again
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no one understands me folks don't even want me
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home
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wine and said its hell to be
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alone
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I finally got to see ole Jim after being gone so long
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crowd of cars
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around his house
I could tell there was something wrong
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arrived in time to find him in a pine box on the
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floor
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filled with tears as I stepped in the
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Jimmy Was A Drinking Kind Of Man?
- The song Jimmy Was A Drinking Kind Of Man was sang by Johnny Rodriguez.
Who is Johnny Rodriguez?
- Juan Raoul Davis "Johnny" Rodriguez (born December 10, 1951) is an American country music singer. He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish.
In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music's most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as "You Always Come Back to Hurting Me," "Desperado," "Down on the Rio Grande" and "Foolin'." He has recorded six No. 1 country hits in his career.
