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[Verse 1]
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Wind is warm as mother's milk, steady as a siren
Though my whiskers smell of soap, my pistol smells of iron
Dm
This front porch is higher than, the rest of this poor town
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I piss every day away, watch the sun go down

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If I was a gamblin' man, the way I used to be
Those downtown gals would gather 'round, Just to watch the likes of me
          Dm
And those lazy bones would tumble, Those lazy bones would roll
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I'd pick out my downtown gal, give her all my gold

[Chorus]
G        Am                G            Am
Hey, hey, whippoorwill sings all kinds a foolish things
                       Am          G               Am
 All I know is that, if I had wings, I'd be gone by now

[Verse 2]
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Once a year this old hotel fills up at harvest time
Mexicans and Gypsy kids, mostly friends a mine
Dm
They all come in at sundown, fill my whiskey glass
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They sit and sing a song with me, let the evenin' pass

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For in the old days I worked with them, I worked till the work was done
The crew we had back in those days, we where always number one
Dm
Northward with the seasons, Southward in the fall
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Till I got hurt in the oil patch, Boys I had it all

[Chorus]
G        Am                G            Am
Hey, hey, whippoorwill sings all kinds a crazy things
                       Am         G               Am
 All I know is that, if I had wings, I'd be gone by now

[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
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This year we had no rain at all, not a single crop came in
Nothin' moves on Main Street now but an Oklahoma wind
    Dm
And I am just a shadow, of the man I used to be
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And I wish I had someone to sing 'The Long Black Veil' with me

[Chorus]
G        Am                G            Am
Hey, hey, whippoorwill sings all kinds a foolish things
                       Am          G               Am
 All I know is that, if I had wings, I'd be gone by now

[Chorus]
G        Am                G            Am
Hey, hey, whippoorwill sings all kinds a foolish things
                       Am          G               Am
 All I know is that, if I had wings, I'd be gone by now