written by Robert Earl Keen
style of Cross Canadian Ragweed
album: Back to Tulsa; Live and Loud at Cain's Ballroom
Capo on 5th fret. I use C instead of Cmaj7...it just sounds better to me that way.
E-------------------3-|
B-------------------3-|
G-------------------0-|
D-------------------2-|
A--------0--2--3----3-|
E--3--3---------------|
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a long stretch of highway at midnight in New Mexico
G Cmaj7 D
It’s a small colored light that shines from your car radio
Cmaj7 G
It’s the old motel owner who sleeps on a cot
Cmaj7 D
And gives you the very last hit from her pot
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a lonely feeling it’s what you’ve got
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a lonely feeling like it or not
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a crack in the sidewalk right next to a pay telephone
G Cmaj7 D
It’s someone’s recorder when hoping that someone is home
Cmaj7 G
It’s an hour to kill to do what you please
Cmaj7 D
But nobody’s up for just shooting the breeze
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a lonely feeling it’s like a disease
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a lonely feeling you pray that it leaves
G
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s your best friend from high school who sees you and wishes you well
G Cmaj7 D
You try to break through but you run outta stories to tell
Cmaj7 G
So you bid him goodbye and you step into space
Cmaj7 D
There’s so many questions that you cannot face
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a lonely feeling taking his place
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a lonely feeling you just can’t erase
G
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s three men from Chile who are tired and they wanna go home
G Cmaj7 D
They’ve run outta money and they’re stuck up in East Oregon
Cmaj7 G
So you give them the small bit of change from your hand
Cmaj7 D
You try to speak Spanish but they don’t understand
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a lonely feeling it gets to a man
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a lonely feeling that runs through the land
G
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a statue of Jesus that your grandmother had when she died
G Cmaj7 D
All cracked and all yellow and you know you should throw it aside
Cmaj7 G
But you’re growing religious the older you get
Cmaj7 D
You haven’t been saved but it could happen yet
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a lonely feeling full of regret
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a lonely feeling won’t let you forget
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a bus stop, a street cop, an old dog, the new kid, a bum
G Cmaj7 D
It’s fright and rejected, neglected the blind deaf and dumb
Cmaj7 G
But you look in the mirror and you’re still hanging in
Cmaj7 D
It’s there to remind you how lucky you’ve been
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a lonely feeling now and again
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
It’s a lonely feeling that comes from within.
