Dean Moriarity

F                    Dm
Dean Moriarity don't live here no 
more
Gm           Am                  
He's off in California and he 
        Bb
works in a liquor store
           F                       
Where it's two packs of cigarettes 
    Dm
and one half of a pint
Gm              Am                
He's off to his room on the 
 Bb
Mexican side
F                                 
Says he's through with the 
  Dm
railroad freight car line
Gm                    Am         
The fight between the moon and 
         Bb
the latern light
F                                  
Says he'm goin cross county but he 
Dm
might come back
Gm                      Am        
But     stickin to  the highway to
 Bb
 hell with the tracks
F                 Am          Dm
I can't take what you may give me
Gm          C7     F
I've always wanted more
F                 Am              
My mercury hummin road may put put
 Dm
 me
Gm       C7           F
To sleep outside your door
F                                 
He's got a brand new baby she's 
    Dm
got a new pair of shoes
Gm                     Am        
He's drivin somebody's car but he
       Bb
 don't know whose
F                 Dm
Been up all night but it don't show
       Gm          Am             
He Won twenty-five dollars in the 
Bb
hammer throw
F                          
Three fingered guitar he's a 
  Dm
saxophone  that bites
Continues after the ad
            Gm          An          
      Bb
Jack's been reading her poetry he's 
been spillin her wine
    F                              
Her hair's so pretty she smells 
  Dm
like Juicy Fruit gum
    Gm             Am         
Her old man's  the black guy on 
        Bb
those congo drums
F                 Am           Dm
I can't take what you may give me
Gm          C7     F
I've always wanted more
F                 Am              
My mercury hummin road may put put
 Dm
 me
Gm       C7           F
To sleep outside your door

Instrumental

F                            Dm
Maybe he should call her he just 
ain't got the dough
Gm      '            Am        
Maybe he;ll step  on outside and 
            Bb
check the radio
     F                       Dm
It's playing her song man it just 
ain't his
     Gm                     Am    
See a Man like him's got no 
            Bb
business with the wife and the kids
         F                         
It's the last of the red wine from 
  Dm
a night full of thrill
       Gm           Am        
It's a coast to the bottom of a 
         Bb
Frisco hill
F                           Dm
How can a body begrudge another body
 a ride
Gm                  Am       Bb
I didn't steal your car man  just 
bottowed it awhile
F                 Am           Dm
I can't take what you may give me
Gm          C7     F
I've always wanted more
F                 Am              
My mercury hummin road may put put
 Dm
 me
Gm       C7           F
To sleep outside your door
                 Am                
My mercury hummin road may put put 
Dm
me
Gm       C7           F
To sleep outside your door
F                    Dm
Dean Moriarity don't live here no 
more
Gm           Am                  
He's off in California and he 
        Bb
works in a liquor store
           F                       
Where it's two packs of cigarettes 
    Dm
and one half of a pint
Gm              Am                
He's off to his room on the 
 Bb       F
Mexican side


  From The Eric Taylor CD 1996
  Watermelon Records WM 1040
  P.O. Box 402088 Austin, Texas 
78704
  512-472-6192
  Copyright 1995 Songs Of PolyGram 
Intl/Blue Ruby Music (BE )

Eric Taylor     guitar/vocals
Michael Ramos   piano/organ
Glenn Fukunaga  bass
Elias Haslanger sax
Kris McKay      harmony