Once I knowed a guitar picker, lived his life on wine and liquor
   Runnin' around in one of them new machines
   He was about the proudest feelin', wheelin', dealin'
   Sneakin', stealin', aggravatin' man I've ever seen
  
   Nothin' but a midnight rambler, biggest drunkard and a gambler
   He'd do anything that wasn't nice
   Huntin', golfin', fishin', swimmin', runnin' around with other women
   Playin' dominoes and shootin' dice
  
   Then one night as he was dinin', while the moon was brightly shinin'
   With his secret love he was so gay
   He would laugh and call her honey while she proudly spent his money
   As they hugged and smooched the time away
  
   Laughin', jokin', dinin', dancin'
   Plannin' parties and romancin', havin' fun regardless of the price
   Eatin' caviar and chicken, strummin' his guitar and pickin'
   Playin' dominoes and shootin' dice
  
   Then his wife walked in and found him with that pretty girl around him
   Started makin' headway for the gate
   When he saw those girls dividin', he commenced to slip and slidin'
   But he seemed to know it was too late
  
   Crowds began to gettin' thinner, they jumped up and left their dinner
   No one seemed to have an appetite
   Not a person dare defend her, everyone jumped out the window
   No one hung around to see the fight
  
   Then she grabbed him by the collar, he commenced to squeal and holler
   As she plastered him betwixt the eyes
   And then his old guitar she swung it, o'er his head she proudly hung it
   Bruises, knots, and bumps began to rise
  
   He lept up and tried to squeeze her, but she warped 'cross the beezer
   Pulled a pistol and shot him once or twice
   When the wicked fight was over, he was laid beneath the clover
   No more dominoes and shootin' dice