Billy Joe Shaver - Checkers and Chess lyrics

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(Chorus)

I'm playing Checkers while they're playing Chess

They make the big moves and make me a little less

Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best

I'm still playing Checkers while they're playing Chess

(Verse)

I've learned all the rules of the game

Fast way I play 'em when I lose 'em just the same

Nothing's fair in this world of blind chance

A rich man takes the money, the old man takes the blame

(Chorus)

I'm playing Checkers while they're playing Chess

They make the big moves and make me a little less

Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best

I'm still playing Checkers while they're playing Chess

(Instrumental break)

(Verse 2)

The day were born where all ? old

Some cuts from the cloth straight from the king's robe

The rest of us can't even be pawn

But we wear soldier's uniforms, dying for their ?

(Chorus)

I'm playing Checkers while they're playing Chess

They make the big moves and make me a little less

Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best

I'm still playing Checkers while they're playing Chess