Song: Yuma Band: Justin Townes Earle Album: Yuma (EP) Tuning: Standard Capo: 5th fret ----------------------------------------------- The song is played in a modified Travis picking style with a few notes dropped, and a few hammers added, esp. on the Am to make it interesting. Plays very nicely on a Dobro resonator guitar. For timing, every line represents 8 beats. Atypical chords ---------------- C - 332010 (C/G) F - 13321x (not barred) G5 - 32003x Gsus4- 32001x G 32000x Gsus2- 3202xx G' 3200xx ----------------------------------------------- INTRO ------ C C C C VERSE 1 ------- C C Well he woke up that mornin' and he called into work C C Put on his daddy's old suit with a 2nd hand shirt F F All un-tucked, shoes un-tied C C People all snickered as he walked by F F So he stopped into a bar and bought a shot of Stephen's C C And another F F He bummed a cigarette instead of talkin' with a stranger C C About the weather Am G And then he paid his bill and he stepped outside C F And fell down into the street C G He cursed and he cried as he climbed back up to his F G feet again VERSE 2 ------- C C So up the road he found a payphone and called his mom C C He said Mom I think I'll be coming home F F I've been feeling so bad, I'm tired of this city. C C Ain't been the same since I lost my pretty F F Angeline, and Mom I miss her C C so. F F It's been over a year and there ain't nothin' I fear C C So much as being alone. Am G And then he hung up the phone without saying good bye C F Stopped in the store and bought a postcard and signed it C G Fare the well, and sent it back home F G To Yuma. (Instrumental transition) C C G (4 beats, 2 beats, 2 beats) BRIDGE ------ Am G Looking back I'd say, F C It wasn't so much the girl F C As it was the booze and the dope Gsus4 G And the way he took the weight of the world up upon his Am Am Shoulders F F And then he washed the blue from his eyes as he grew C C colder F Gsus4 After all those lonely nights there left alone. (Instrumental transition) G5 Gsus4 G Gsus2 (2 beats per chord) G' (4 beats only) VERSE 3 ------- C C So he was just 23 when he stepped out on that ledge C C It was his weary heart that pushed him to the edge F F He was tired of living life, looking for love. C C A weary heart just needs a little touch F F And it is too much to ask, he cried as he stepped into the C C wind. F F He turned his back on the world and he fell back to earth C C again. Am G So with the wind in his hair and a smile on his face C G He crashed through the hood of an Oldes 98 C G And he lay there and died on a cold winter's day F G All alone C C All alone. --crookedpath
