[Reject: modern country, country-rock, electric guitars, pop melodies, male vocals] [Intro] [Key: E Minor] [Tempo: 95 BPM Slow Mid-Tempo] [Heavy Boot Stomp on the 2 and 4] [Slow, groaning bowed upright bass] [Poised 90s Female Country Diva] (Yeah.) (Go ahead and deal the cards.) [Swampy 90s Acoustic Slide Riff (Homage to "Fancy")] [Verse 1] [Commanding 90s Female Belter] [Slow, methodical rhythm] Heavy smoke is hanging from the ceiling of the bar. Men in tailored suits are smoking premium cigars. Laughing when I sat down at the velvet-covered wood. Thinking I'm a rookie who had misunderstood. (Deal 'em out.) Handed me the whiskey, asked if I knew how to play. Told 'em I was lucky and I'd gladly learn today. [Pre-Chorus] [Bluegrass Banjo begins ticking like a time bomb] [Upright bass bows harder, rising in pitch] Slide the heavy chips into the middle of the line. Every single dollar in the county's gonna be mine. [Dramatic 90s Fiddle starts sweeping high] Smile and call the bluff, tell the boys to show their stuff. Now they're sweating bullets cause they didn't bring enough! [Build] [Silence] [Single Boot Stomp] Read 'em and weep! [Chorus] [Massive Mid-Tempo Drop] [Crushing Bowed Bass Drone, heavy boot stomps] [Theatrical 90s Belting Vocal] Lay 'em out flat on the heavy wooden floor! Taking every dollar, then I'm asking you for more! Thought you had a winner with a heavy pair of kings! Watch the queen of diamonds take the whole damn thing! Yeah I took the deed and I'm walking out the door! And you ain't running this town no more! (Cash it out!) (Cash it out!) [Drop] [Swampy "Fancy" Acoustic Slide Riff returns] [Sweeping Fiddle plays a swaggering, strutting melody] [Heavy Mid-Tempo Groove] (Watch her walk!) (Cash it out!) [Verse 2] [Acapella with Boot Stomp and Washboard] [Bass drops out entirely] Silence in the parlor, you could hear a penny drop. Sheriff staring at me like he wanted it to stop. Folded up the paper, put the deed into my coat. Left a little lipstick on a hundred dollar note. (Keep the change, boys.) [Pre-Chorus] [Bluegrass Banjo begins ticking like a time bomb] [Upright bass bows harder, rising in pitch] Slide the heavy chips into the middle of the line. Every single dollar in the county's gonna be mine. [Dramatic 90s Fiddle starts sweeping high] Smile and call the bluff, tell the boys to show their stuff. Now they're sweating bullets cause they didn't bring enough! [Build] [Silence] [Single Boot Stomp] Read 'em and weep! [Chorus] [Massive Mid-Tempo Drop] [Crushing Bowed Bass Drone, heavy boot stomps] [Theatrical 90s Belting Vocal] Lay 'em out flat on the heavy wooden floor! Taking every dollar, then I'm asking you for more! Thought you had a winner with a heavy pair of kings! Watch the queen of diamonds take the whole damn thing! Yeah I took the deed and I'm walking out the door! And you ain't running this town no more! (Cash it out!) (Cash it out!) [Bridge] [Tempo drops to 70 BPM] [Total acoustic breakdown] [Just vocal and a slow, haunting Pedal Steel slide] Dealer looked up at me with a shiver in his hand... Asked me where I learned to play the best in all the land... Looked him in the eye... (I smiled real sweet.) Told him you gotta know when to fold. [Final Build] [Tempo snaps back to 95 BPM] [Frantic Washboard and Banjo rolling] Take the house! [Final Drop] [Maximum acoustic distortion on the Upright Bass] [Massive Swampy "Fancy" Slide Riff] (Cash it out!) Take the whole damn thing! (Cash it out!) [Outro] [Beat abruptly stops] [Single heavy boot stomp] [Echoing female vocal] (My town now.) [End]
