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 (320003@1)                               Cmaj7 (x32000@1)             G (320003@1)Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a long stretch of highway at midnight in New Mexico
G (320003@1)                      	   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)               DIt's (xx0232@1)a small colored light that shines from your car radio
         Cmaj7 (x32000@1)              GIt's (320003@1)the old motel owner who sleeps on a cot
    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                       DAnd (xx0232@1)gives you the very last hit from her pot
G (320003@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                   G (320003@1)  Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a lonely feeling it's what you've got
G (320003@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)             G (320003@1) Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a lonely feeling like it or not

G (320003@1)                               Cmaj7 (x32000@1)               G (320003@1)  Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a crack in the sidewalk right next to a pay telephone
G (320003@1)                      	Cmaj7 (x32000@1)               DIt's (xx0232@1)someone's recorder when hoping that someone is home
      Cmaj7 (x32000@1)              GIt's (320003@1)an hour to kill to do what you please
    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                 DBut (xx0232@1)nobody's up for just shooting the breeze
G (320003@1)            Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                 G (320003@1) Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a lonely feeling it's like a disease
G (320003@1)            Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                     G (320003@1)  Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a lonely feeling you pray that it leaves

                                                                           G (320003@1)  
                                Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                       G (320003@1)Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)your best friend from high school who sees you and wishes you well
G (320003@1)                      Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                        DYou (xx0232@1)try to break through but you run outta stories to tell
         Cmaj7 (x32000@1)              GSo (320003@1)you bid him goodbye and you step into space
    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                      DThere's (xx0232@1)so many questions that you cannot face
G (320003@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)               G (320003@1)     Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a lonely feeling taking his place
G (320003@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                   G (320003@1)  Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a lonely feeling you just can't erase

                                                                            G (320003@1) 
                     Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                          G (320003@1)   Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)three men from Chile who are tired and they wanna go home
G (320003@1)                      	Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                 DThey've (xx0232@1)run outta money and they're stuck up in East Oregon
         Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                   GSo (320003@1)you give them the small bit of change from your hand
    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                        DYou (xx0232@1)try to speak Spanish but they don't understand
G (320003@1)            Cmaj7 (x32000@1)              G (320003@1) Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a lonely feeling it gets to a man
G (320003@1)            Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                        G (320003@1)  Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a lonely feeling that runs through the land

                                                                           G (320003@1)  
                         Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                      G (320003@1)Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a statue of Jesus that your grandmother had when she died
G (320003@1)                      	      Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                  DAll (xx0232@1)cracked and all yellow and you know you should throw it aside
         Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                   GBut (320003@1)you're growing religious the older you get
    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                    DYou (xx0232@1)haven't been saved but it could happen yet
G (320003@1)            Cmaj7 (x32000@1)            G (320003@1)    Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a lonely feeling full of regret
G (320003@1)            Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                 G (320003@1)    Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a lonely feeling won't let you forget

G (320003@1)                                Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                 G (320003@1)Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a bus stop, a street cop, an old dog, the new kid, a bum
G (320003@1)                       Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                       DIt's (xx0232@1)fright and rejected, neglected the blind deaf and dumb
         Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                     GBut (320003@1)you look in the mirror and you're still hanging in
    Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                 DIt's (xx0232@1)there to remind you how lucky you've been
G (320003@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)            G (320003@1) Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a lonely feeling now and again
G (320003@1)           Cmaj7 (x32000@1)                    G (320003@1)    Cmaj7It's (x32000@1)a lonely feeling that comes from within.