(Chorus)
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I'm playing Checkers while they're playing Chess
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They make the big moves and make me a little less
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Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best
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I'm still playing Checkers while they're playing Chess
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(Verse)
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I've learned all the rules of the game
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Fast way I play 'em when I lose 'em just the same
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Nothing's fair in this world of blind chance
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A rich man takes the money, the old man takes the blame
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(Chorus)
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I'm playing Checkers while they're playing Chess
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They make the big moves and make me a little less
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Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best
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I'm still playing Checkers while they're playing Chess
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(Instrumental break)
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(Verse 2)
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The day were born where all ? old
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Some cuts from the cloth straight from the king's robe
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The rest of us can't even be pawn
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But we wear soldier's uniforms, dying for their ?
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(Chorus)
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I'm playing Checkers while they're playing Chess
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They make the big moves and make me a little less
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Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best
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I'm still playing Checkers while they're playing Chess
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Checkers and Chess
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| Billy Joe Shaver |
