G Em C DG Em C D [Verse 1]G Em C D G Em C D Last night I sat out on the boat dock and smoked a big cigar.G Em C D G Em C D Let my mind drift back along the road of life I've traveled down so far.C D G G/F# Em Started as a dreamer with a suitcase in hand,C D G G/F# Em a guitar on my back without a care or a plan,C G/B Am7 C/D G Em C D a gypsy boy hitchhiking down the road, ah, here I go. [Verse 2]G Em C D G Em C D I fell in love at nineteen and I thought the world lay there in her eyesG Em C D G Em C D but the life I talked about was not the kind that she had in mind.C D G G/F# Em I was just a skinny kid who played the guitar,C D G G/F# Em one day I looked up and she went by in a car,C G/B Am7 C/D driven by some guy I didn't know I let 'er [Interlude] go. [Interlude]G Em C DG Em C D [Verse 3]G Em C D G Em C D We headed down to New Orleans, never been to that locale,G Em C D G Em C D found some work bartending and I started running with some pals.C D G G/F# Em We had guitars and followed babe Stovall around,C D G G/F# Em we met some Cajun girls who had just drove into town.C G/B Am7 C/D G Em C D They said that they were headed for the coast, we all said let's all go. [Verse 4]G Em C D G Em C D We were on life's adventure now, rolling cross the great southwest,G Em C D G Em C D the first time I saw Texas I thought, man, this must be the best.Continues after the adC D G G/F# Em When I got to A I just turned it around,C D G G/F# Em their heads are up among the stars, there's cracks in the ground;C G/B Am7 C/D I really couldn't care less if it blows, let 'er [Interlude] go. [Interlude]G Em C DG Em C D [Verse 5]G Em C D G Em C D When I got back to Texas I thought, man, I finally found my place,G Em C D G Em C D everybody is so friendly and they always have a pleasant face.C D G G/F# Em The women all are pretty with a wink in their eye,C D G G/F# Em the cowboys at the bar are all so polite and shyC G/B C/D except when they rode the bulls at the rodeo; they say let 'er [Interlude] go. [Interlude]G Em C DG Em C D [Verse 6]G Em C D G Em C D Well, I put a band together and we sat around and played songs that I like.G Em C D G Em C D We sat around and worked them up 'till I thought we played them all just right.C D G G/F# Em The first gig that we ever played I stayed out too long,C D G G/F# Em I went out and partied and we stayed up 'till dawn.C G/B Am7 C/D The next night at the club I didn't show; the bartender said: hey, let 'em [Interlude] go. [Interlude]G Em C DG Em C D [Verse 7]G Em C D G Em C D I got lucky with some songs and they were hits on the radio;G Em C D G Em C D promoters said they needed some gonzo stuff on the country package show.C D G G/F# Em The record company said that they were caught by surprise,C D G G/F# Em they said you guys are really hard to categorize.C G/B Am7 C/D I don't think that they ever caught our show, they just let us [Interlude] go. [Interlude]G Em C DG Em C D [Verse 8]G Em C D G Em C D Well, I've traveled round the world and sang my songs for people that I've met,G Em C D G Em C D I've made a lot of people smile and, all in all, I still have no regrets.C D G G/F# Em I have got a family that I love and they love me too,C D G G/F# Em I have a band I travel with 'cause that's what we do.C G/B Am7 C/D And I see how quickly all the years have flown; let 'em [Interlude] go [Interlude]G Em C DG Em C DG Em C DG Em C D [Verse 9]G Em C D G Em C D Last night I sat out on the boat dock and smoked a big cigarG Em C D G Em C D and let my mind drift back along the road of life I've traveled down so far.C D G G/F# Em I thought of all the places I have been in my lifeC D G G/F# Em and all the places that I have to see 'fore I die.C G/B Am7 C/D I looked over at the boat tied to the dock I said got on and let 'er [Other] go. [Other]G Em C DG Em C DG Em C DG
Let Er Go
Jerry Jeff Walker
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