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 seen 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 leapt 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