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A Well, life's been kind of trippy down here in Mississippi
DA Since Cassie O'Grady disappeared
A And me and my Bob Shaver been in all the newspapers
DA Every day for nigh on a year
A They say we got tangled in a love triangle
DF A fatal game of truth or dare
E But the truth remains a mystery and now it's ancient history
 (E) It's a Choctaw County affair
AD It's just a Choctaw County affair
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FAD Well, people talkin' 'bout it everywhere
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A Well, Cassie O'Grady was no Southern lady
DA Despite all the media hype
A They all loved to make her out like a sweet little devout
DA All-American cheerleader type
A But her mind was cattywampus, she was greedy, she was pompous
DF Strutting 'round with her nose in the air
E She was a cold gold-digger tickling a hand trigger
 (E) It's a Choctaw County affair 
AD It's just a Choctaw County affair
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FAD And now they say she's lying dead somewhere
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A Well, I do not deny I wished Cassie would die
DA When she threatened us with blackmail
A She said she had some information that would wreck my reputation
DA And land Bobby back in jail
AD Now it's best to remember Bobby Shaver's got a temper
F Like a buck-shot grizzly bear
E But there's no body, there's no witness, so y'all go mind your business
 (E) It's a Choctaw County affair
AD It's just a Choctaw County affair
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FAD Oh, you mess with Bobby and you better beware
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FA Yeah yeah-yeah, hey, yeah
A Well, the press went wild on the day of the trial
DA When they put us on the witness stand
A They thought we'd turn on each other, but soon they all discovered
DA We were live-or-die, hand in hand
A And that fancy D.A. from down Jackson way
DF Said he'd see us in the electric chair, ha
E But the foreman of the jury told me "honey, don't you worry"
(E) AD It's a Choctaw county affair, yeah
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AD Yeah, it's just a Choctaw County affair
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FAD How would you know cause you weren't there
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AD It's just a Choctaw County affair
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A Mmm, yeah, yeah
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