Next thing smokin  Tom Russell

##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. ###From: "Slim" ##Written and Recorded by Tom Russell##Well [D]I live out in [G]Southern Ariz[D]ona


I [Bm]followed an ab[A]andoned railroad t[D]rack


Trains they used r[G]un from [D]Bisby out to Juarez


But the [E]copper mines are closed and the [A]trains ain't comin back


[D]This heres the l[G]and of stolen p[D]onies


[F#]Rattlesnakes and poison water w[Bm]ells


Each [G]god-forsaken mile leads right to h[D]eaven


But t[Bm]ryin to please that w[A]oman it was h[D]ell


CHORUS


[D]Put me on the [G]next thing sm[D]okin


Put me [Bm]on the n[A]ext train out of [D]here


This heart ain't m[G]ade for bein br[D]oken


Well s[E]he ain't my conductor and she a[A]int my engineer


[D]Put me on the n[G]ext thing le[D]avin


The n[F#]orthern or the southern hemi[Bm]sphere


[G]Put me on the next thing s[D]mokin


[G]Put me on the n[A]ext train outta h[D]ere


I'm bound to [Bm]ride


I got my p[D]ride


I'm bound to [Bm]ride


I'm bound to [A]ride


(solo chorus pattern)


VERSE 2


I made it to the ghost town of Hachita


I got drunk in the Hachita General store


I passed the place Geronimo surrendered


Well Geronimo he just couldn't take it anymore


I'll hitchhike from Columbus to El Paso


Where I can catch an Amtrak or a freight


I've walked 300 miles across these badlands


yeah buddy I have made my great escape


Chorus


solo out D G D F# Bm G D Bm E A D