Dm Em F Em Six o'clock silence of a new day beginningDm G A Is heard in the small Texas townDm Em F Em Like a signal from nowhere the people who live thereDm G A Are up and they're moving around [Chorus]D7 G7 'Cause there's bacon to fry and there's biscuits to bakeD7 G7 On the stove that the Salvation Army won't takeD7 G7 And you open the windows and you turn on the fanA A/G A/F A/E 'Cause it's hotter than hell when the sun hits the land [Verse 2]Dm Em F Em Walter and Fanny, well they own the groceryDm G A That sells most all that you needDm Em F Em They've been up and working since early this morningDm G A They've got the whole village to feedD7 G7 They put out fresh eggs, throw bad ones awayD7 G7 That rotted because of the heat yesterdayD7 G7 The store's all dark so you can't see the fliesA A/G A/F A/E That settle on round steak and last Monday's pies [Verse 3]Dm Em F Em Sleepy Hill's Drugstore and the cafe they're openDm G A The coffee is bubbling hotDm Em F Em And all the folks that ain't working gonna sit there 'till sundownDm G A And talk about what they ain't gotD7 G7 Someone just threw a clutch in the old pickup truckD7 G7 It seems like they been riding on a streak of bad luckD7 G7 The doctors bills came and the well has gone dryA A/G A/F A/E Seems their grown kids don't care whether they live or die [Instrumental] Dm Em F Em (x4) Dm (2 measures) [CODA]GE|E|----------||TEXAS TRILOGY: TRAIN RIDE [Verse 1]G F Well, the last time I remember that train stoppin at the depotC G Was when me and my Aunt Veta came riding back from WacoG F I remember I was wearing my long pants and we was sharingC G Conversation with a man who sold ball-point pens and paperF C G And the train stopped once in Clifton where my Aunt bought me some ice creamF C G And my Mom was there to meet us when the train pulled into Kopperl[Chorus]F C G But now kids at night break window lightsF C G And the sound of trains only remainsF C G In the memory of the ones like me (extra 2 beats)F C G Who have turned their backs on the splintered cracksF C G In the walls that stand on the railroad landF C G Where we used to play and then run awayC From the depot man [Verse 2]G F I remember me and brother used to run down to the depotC G Just to listen to the whistle blow when the train pulled into KopperlG F And the engine's big and shiny black as coal that fed the fireC G And the engineer he'd smile and say, "Howdy, how you fellows?"F C G And the people by the windows playing cards and reading papersF C G Seemed as far away to us as next summer's school vacation [Chorus]F C G But now kids at night break window lightsF C G And the sound of trains only remains (extra 2 beats)F C G In the memory of the ones like meF C G Who have turned their backs on the splintered cracksF C G In the walls that stand on the railroad landF C G Where we used to play and then run awayC From the depot manC From the depot manE|E|----------||TEXAS TRILOGY: BOSQUE COUNTRY ROMANCE [Verse 1]C F G C Mary Martin was a schoolgirl just seventeen or soC F D G When she married Billy Archer about fourteen years agoF G C F Not even out of high school folks said it wouldn't lastD G But when you grow up in the country, you grow up mighty fastC F G C They married in a hurry in March when school was outC F D G Folks said that she was pregnant, "You just wait and you'll find out."F G C F It came about that winter, one gray November mornC G C The first of many more to come, a baby boy was born [Chorus]C F And cattle is their game, and Archer is the nameD G They give to the acres that they ownF G C F If the Brazos don't run dry and the newborn calves they don't dieC Am Another year from Mary will have flownC G C Another year from Mary will have flown [Verse 2]C F G C Now Billy kept what cattle his daddy could affordC F D G As he went bouncing across the cactus in a 1950 FordF G C F But the cows were sick and skinny and the weeds was all that grewD G But Billy kept the place alive the only thing he knewC F G C And Mary cooked the supper and Mary scrubbed the clothesC F D G And Mary busted horses and blew the baby's noseF G C F And Mary and a shotgun kept the rattlesnakes awayC G C And how she kept on smiling no one could ever say [Chorus]C F And cattle is their game, and Archer is the nameD G They give to the acres that they ownF G C F If the Brazos don't run dry and the newborn calves they don't dieC Am Another year from Mary will have flownC G C Another year from Mary will have flown [Verse 3]C F G C Now the drought of '57 was a curse upon the landC F D G No one in Bosque County could give ol' Bill a helping handF G C F The ground was cracked and broken and the truck was out of gasD G And cows can't feed on prickly pear instead of growing grassC F G C Well the weather got the water and a snake bite took a childC F D G And a fire in the old barn took the hay that Bill had piledF G C F The mortgage got the money and the screw worm got the cowsC G C The years have come for Mary; she's waiting for them now [Chorus]C F And cattle is their game, and Archer is the nameD G They give to the acres that they ownF G C F If the Brazos don't run dry and the newborn calves they don't dieC Am Another year from Mary will have flownC G C Another year from Mary will have flownAm Bm C Bm Six o'clock silence of a new day beginningAm D E Is heard in the small Texas townAm Bm C Bm Like a signal from nowhere the people who live thereAm D E Are up and they're moving around [Chorus]A7 D7 'Cause there's bacon to fry and there's biscuits to bakeA7 D7 On the stove that the Salvation Army won't takeA7 D7 And you open the windows and you turn on the fanE E/D E/C E/B 'Cause it's hotter than hell when the sun hits the land
Texas Trilogy
Lyle Lovett
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