WEST TEXAS HIGHWAY
By: Michael Martin Murphy and Boomer Castleman
Recorded by: Lyle Lovett Album: Step Inside this House

            F7Now (131241@1)I was a`driving down

A West Texas highway
  Bb7
I seen a hitchhiker
    E7His (020130@1)thumb was pointin my way
   F7He (131241@1)didn't look suspicious
   D (xx0232@1)                 G7C7
He didn't look any too clean
      F7So (131241@1)I, I put on my brakes

And I opened up the door
        Bb7I (x13131@1)could tell he was a bum
       E7By (020130@1)the boots he wore
            F7 (131241@1)          DHe (xx0232@1)said I'm going down to Haskell
G7 (320001@1)                C7 (x32310@1)F7 (131241@1)Bb7F7 C7Got (x32310@1)a woman back in Abilene.
           F7He (131241@1)told me son East Texas

Is where I come from
  Bb7
I been ridin' that Jacksonville Rodeo
    E7And (020130@1)I got humdrum
    F7I'm (131241@1)travelling around
  D (xx0232@1)                     G7C7
A whole lot of Texas I've seen

        F7Yes (131241@1)and I'm, I'm mighty glad

You was pushin' down my way
        Bb7In (x13131@1)your fancy clothes
         E7And (020130@1)this shiny Chevrolet
F7 (131241@1)                   DSaid (xx0232@1)I'm going down to Haskell
G7 (320001@1)                C7 (x32310@1)F7 (131241@1)Bb7C7
Got a woman back in Abilene.

--- Dobro / Piano leads

         F7You (131241@1)know he was grinning like a possum

And a mighty happy rascal
   Bb7He (x13131@1)waved good-bye
       E7When (020130@1)I let him out in Haskell
    F7And (131241@1)that's about the last
        DOf (xx0232@1)that road tramp
               G7C7
That I've ever seen
                  F7But (131241@1)you know that I'm still wishing

To this very day
     Bb7That (x13131@1)he had my clothes
         E7And (020130@1)this shiny Chevrolet
           F7 (131241@1)        DAnd (xx0232@1)it was me going to Haskell
       G7 (320001@1)          C7F7 Bb7F7
With a woman down in Abilene.

F7But (131241@1)you know that I'm still wishing

To this very day
     Bb7That (x13131@1)he had my clothes
         E7And (020130@1)this shiny Chevrolet
           F7 (131241@1)        DAnd (xx0232@1)it was me going to Haskell
       G7 (320001@1)          C7F7 Bb7F7/E7-F7 (x13131@1)(slide up)
With a woman down in Abilene.