Texas Trilogy
Lyle Lovett
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Dm Em F Six o'clock silence of a new dayEm beginningDm G A Is heard in the small Texas townDm Em Like a signal from nowhere theF Em people who live thereDm G A Are up and they're moving around [Chorus]D7 'Cause there's bacon to fry andG7 there's biscuits to bakeD7 On the stove that the Salvation ArmyG7 won't takeD7 And you open the windows and youG7 turn on the fanA A/G 'Cause it's hotter than hell whenA/F A/E the sun hits the land [Verse 2]Dm Em F Walter and Fanny, well they ownEm the groceryDm G A That sells most all that you needDm Em F They've been up and workingEm since early this morningDm G A They've got the whole village to feedD7 They put out fresh eggs, throw badG7 ones awayD7 G7 That rotted because of the heat yesterdayD7 G7 The store's all dark so you can't see the fliesA A/G That settle on round steak andA/F A/E last Monday's pies [Verse 3]Dm Em Sleepy Hill's Drugstore and theF Em cafe they're openDm G A The coffee is bubbling hotDm Em And all the folks that ain'tF Em working gonna sit there 'till sundownDm G A And talk about what they ain't gotD7 Someone just threw a clutch in theG7 old pickup truckD7 It seems like they been riding onG7 a streak of bad luckD7 G7 The doctors bills came and the well has gone dryA A/G Seems their grown kids don't careA/F A/E whether they live or die [Instrumental] Dm Em F Em (x4) Dm (2 measures) [CODA]GE|E|----------||TEXAS TRILOGY: TRAIN RIDE [Verse 1]G Well, the last time I remember thatF train stoppin at the depotC Was when me and my Aunt Veta cameG riding back from WacoG F I remember I was wearing my long pants and we was sharingC Conversation with a man who soldG ball-point pens and paperF And the train stopped once inC G Clifton where my Aunt bought me some ice creamF C And my Mom was there to meet usG when the train pulled into KopperlContinues after the ad[Chorus]F C G But now kids at night break window lightsF C G And the sound of trains only remainsF C G In the memory of the ones like me (extra 2 beats)F C Who have turned their backs on theG splintered cracksF C G In the walls that stand on the railroad landF C G Where we used to play and then run awayC From the depot man [Verse 2]G I remember me and brother used toF run down to the depotC Just to listen to the whistle blowG when the train pulled into KopperlG F And the engine's big and shiny black as coal that fed the fireC And the engineer he'd smile andG say, "Howdy, how you fellows?"F C And the people by the windowsG playing cards and reading papersF C Seemed as far away to us as nextG summer's school vacation [Chorus]F C G But now kids at night break window lightsF C G And the sound of trains only remains (extra 2 beats)F C G In the memory of the ones like meF C Who have turned their backs on theG splintered cracksF C G In the walls that stand on the railroad landF C G Where we used to play and then run awayC From the depot manC From the depot manE|E|----------||TEXAS TRILOGY: BOSQUE COUNTRY ROMANCE [Verse 1]C F Mary Martin was a schoolgirl justG C seventeen or soC F When she married Billy ArcherD G about fourteen years agoF G Not even out of high school folksC F said it wouldn't lastD But when you grow up in theG country, you grow up mighty fastC F G They married in a hurry in MarchC when school was outC F Folks said that she was pregnant,D G "You just wait and you'll find out."F G C It came about that winter, oneF gray November mornC The first of many more to come, aG C baby boy was born [Chorus]C And cattle is their game, andF Archer is the nameD G They give to the acres that they ownF G If the Brazos don't run dry andC F the newborn calves they don't dieC Another year from Mary will haveAm flownC G Another year from Mary will haveC flown [Verse 2]C F G Now Billy kept what cattle hisC daddy could affordC As he went bouncing across theF D G cactus in a 1950 FordF G But the cows were sick and skinnyC F and the weeds was all that grewD But Billy kept the place alive theG only thing he knewC F G And Mary cooked the supper andC Mary scrubbed the clothesC F D And Mary busted horses and blewG the baby's noseF G And Mary and a shotgun kept theC F rattlesnakes awayC G And how she kept on smiling no oneC could ever say [Chorus]C And cattle is their game, andF Archer is the nameD G They give to the acres that they ownF G If the Brazos don't run dry andC F the newborn calves they don't dieC Another year from Mary will haveAm flownC G Another year from Mary will haveC flown [Verse 3]C F G Now the drought of '57 was aC curse upon the landC F No one in Bosque County couldD G give ol' Bill a helping handF G The ground was cracked and brokenC F and the truck was out of gasD And cows can't feed on prickly pearG instead of growing grassC F Well the weather got the water andG C a snake bite took a childC F And a fire in the old barn tookD G the hay that Bill had piledF G The mortgage got the money and theC F screw worm got the cowsC The years have come for Mary; she'sG C waiting for them now [Chorus]C And cattle is their game, andF Archer is the nameD G They give to the acres that they ownF G If the Brazos don't run dry andC F the newborn calves they don't dieC Another year from Mary will haveAm flownC G Another year from Mary will haveC flownAm Bm C Six o'clock silence of a new dayBm beginningAm D E Is heard in the small Texas townAm Bm Like a signal from nowhere theC Bm people who live thereAm D E Are up and they're moving around [Chorus]A7 'Cause there's bacon to fry andD7 there's biscuits to bakeA7 On the stove that the Salvation ArmyD7 won't takeA7 And you open the windows and youD7 turn on the fanE E/D 'Cause it's hotter than hell whenE/C E/B the sun hits the land