Rapid Roy

[C] – – – – – ​​​Rapid Roy (That Stock Car Boy), Jim Croce

Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)   by   Jim Croce
 
 
CAPO: 2nd Fret
 
 

[Verse 1]
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Oh, Rapid Roy that stock car boy
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He too much to believe
            F7                          C
You know he always got an extra pack of cigarettes
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Rolled up in his t-shirt sleeve
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He got a tattoo on his arm that say "baby"
       F7                         D7
He got another one that just say "hey"
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But every Sunday afternoon he is a dirt track demon
      D7         G7    C
In a fifty-seven Chevrolet
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Oh, Rapid Roy that stock car boy
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He's the best driver in the land
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He say that he learned to race a stock car
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By runnin' shine outta Alabam'
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Oh, the demolition derby and the figure-eight
   F7                D7
Is easy money in the bank
            C                       A7
Compared to runnin' from the Man in Oklahoma City
       D7           G7     C
With a five-hundred gallon tank
 
 
[Verse 3]
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Oh, Rapid Roy that stock car boy
   F7            C
He too much to believe
            F7                          C
You know he always got an extra pack of cigarettes
       D7                G7
Rolled up in his t-shirt sleeve
         C
He got a tattoo on his arm that say "baby"
       F7                         D7
He got another one that just say "hey"
          C                        A7
But every Sunday afternoon he is a dirt track demon
      D7         G7    C
In a fifty-seven Chevrolet
 
 
[Verse 4]
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Yeah, Roy's so cool, that racin' fool
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He don't know what fear's about.
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He do a hundred-thirty mile an hour, smilin' at the camera
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With a tooth pick in his mouth.
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He got a girl back home, name of Dixie Dawn
           F7                   D7
But he got honeys all along the way
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And you oughta hear 'em screamin' for that dirt track demon
      D7         G7    C
In a fifty-seven Chevrolet
 
 
[Verse 5]
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Oh, Rapid Roy that stock car boy
   F7            C
He too much to believe
            F7                          C
You know he always got an extra pack of cigarettes
       D7                G7
Rolled up in his t-shirt sleeve
         C
He got a tattoo on his arm that say "baby"
       F7                         D7
He got another one that just say "hey"
          C                        A7
But every Sunday afternoon he is a dirt track demon
      D7         G7    C
In a fifty-seven Chevrolet