Billy Joe Shaver - Checkers and Chess lyrics

(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