Bettin' Man

from no fame. still frame. by Ropeadope

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Well I won this guitar, I was a bettin' man: in a big town, baby I'm a small town man. Owed a man money, couldn't pay so I ran.

Ended up here with just a guitar in hand. Played a show and then we ran some more. Tried for the big's, but you never can know.

I was wanted dead not alive, by a filthy man who lived a dirty life. Name was Charles but they called him Chuck.

He carried a gun since he was nine. I crossed him over, I sure did try, but old Chuck wouldn't let it die.

He had a wife, her name was Bev. Good lookin' women, sweetly dressed, but young Bev, she was depressed.

So I took off, with Bev's left hand, just a dirty, old, no good guitar man. Ran for miles and miles across the land.

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Yeah I took everything in his life. His money, his guitar, his lady, yeah his wife.

But then one day, at a quarter to three in a laundromat in Kentucky, my haunted past caught up with me.

Chuck was there, he had a gun and some hired boys, five of them. I saw my life flash before my eyes.

Lightning struck, thunder crashed! Guns went off with a mighty blast! I dove from the window, I was only struck once.

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Took everything in his life. His money yeah! His guitar, his lady his wife.

Bev was there, convertible, drove as fast as she could go. We got out of State, we never looked back.

Now the morale of the story is sometimes its best to leave things as is, but if you can't boy you better be quick.

If you've got a guitar and you can play it well, just be careful, it'll send you to hell. Don't do the things I've done.

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from no fame. still frame., released May 9, 2018

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Ropeadope Lloydminster, Alberta

Ropeadope was a two-piece blues band led by Logan James on vocals/guitar/mandolin and starring Derrick Sayna on drums. Although the band is no longer together, they left us with an extraordinary Extended Play record as well as a hard rocking music video and years of live event memories. ... more

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