Some of the lyrics may be off as they were hard to hear.
Corrections encouraged.

Capo 5th fret

Fmaj7  Cmaj7

F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)        CWhen (x32010@1)I was a child, my mother said to me
F (133211@1)                                        C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)        CYou (x32010@1)canit spend all your days alone In the shade of a cherry tree
F (133211@1)                            C (x32010@1)                            F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)          C7My (x32310@1)brother cut the roof off a Lincoln, cause his doctor said lose some weight
F (133211@1)      CAnd (x32010@1)the tape of Buck Owens, my hair was blowing,
C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1) C7 (x32310@1)as they drove from the garden state to the lights of the golden gate

F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)                                  GIive (320003@1)been missing you, so listen, id like to ask you could you drive to town?
F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)                                  GAnd (320003@1)Iive been thinking about your Lincoln continental with the sunroof down

F (133211@1)                                        C (x32010@1)                   F (133211@1)                 CWhen (x32010@1)the kid came down from Lennox, yeah, yawning was the talk of the town
F (133211@1)                                     C (x32010@1)                   F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)           CA (x32010@1)real high roller, a self-promoter, said the band was the best around
F (133211@1)                                 C (x32010@1)                  F (133211@1)                             
  C (x32010@1)              C7He (x32310@1)said I got a little money from the performing; I bought a new suit and hat
F (133211@1)                                      C (x32010@1)                                      F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G    
               CI (x32010@1)said, "Performing what?," you said, "Classic stuff Ricky Hayes and Virginia scat."
F (133211@1)                   C (x32010@1)            C7I (x32310@1)said, "Who the hell is that?"

F (133211@1)                                             C (x32010@1)                                      
            GBut (320003@1)I can play a little old time fiddle; we can start a little country band.
F (133211@1)                                             C (x32010@1)                                      
               GAnd (320003@1)I was thinking in your Lincoln we can bum around the promise land

Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)             GAnd (320003@1)the world will open up for us
Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)             Gat (320003@1)least I brought our broken cup(?)

F (133211@1)                           C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)                           CProbation (x32010@1)officer john Collins was a paranoid psychopath
F (133211@1)                                  C (x32010@1)                   F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)          
                   C (x32010@1)           C7He (x32310@1)had to paint the fence by the roller rink for the committee of industrial trash
F (133211@1)                                                    CYou (x32010@1)canit find the business end of a rifle
F (133211@1)                                        CYouire (x32010@1)the devil from an Irish saint
F (133211@1)                        C (x32010@1)                                         F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)    
  CI (x32010@1)said I got no cares in those affairs what I was, what I am, or ain't
  F (133211@1)                      C (x32010@1)    C7I (x32310@1)got a lot of fence to paint

F (133211@1)                                        C (x32010@1)                                     GI've (320003@1)got no loving all because I got in from crossing lines
F (133211@1)                                        C (x32010@1)                                     GYou (320003@1)got me thinking, even Lincoln, must have felt a little lost sometime

Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)            GAnd (320003@1)the world will open up for us
Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)            Gat (320003@1)least I brought our broken cup(?)

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