Levelland Robert Earl Keen
Written by: James McMurtry
CD: Robert Earl Keen - Picnic
From: Andrew@lyonap.force9.co.uk
Intro: E A E C#m A
[E]Flatter than a tabletop
[A]Makes you wonder why they stopped here
[E]Wagon must have [C#m]lost a wheel or they [A]lacked ambition one
[E]On the great migration west
[A]Separated from the rest
[E]Though they might have [C#m]tried their best
They [A]never caught the sun
So they [B]sunk some roots down in the dirt
To [A]keep from blowin' off the earth
[B]Built a town around here
And when the [A]dust had all but [B]cleared
They called it [E]Levelland, the [A]pride of man[B]
In [E]Levelland[A] [B]
[E]Granddad grew the dryland wheat
[A]Stood on his own two feet
[E]His mind got [C#m]incomplete and they [A]put in the home
[E]Daddy's cotton grows so high
[A]Sucks the water table dry
[E]Rolling sprinklers [C#m]circle round
[A]Bleedin' it to the bone
And I [B]won't be here when it comes a day
It [A]all dries up and blows away
I'd [B]hang around just to see
But they [A]never had much [B]use for me in [E]Levelland
They don't [A]understand [B]me out in [E]Levelland[A] [B]
And I [A]watch those jet trails [C#m]carving up that [B]big blue sky[E]
[A]Coast to [C#m]coasters watch 'em go[B]
And I [A]never would blame 'em [C#m]one damn bit
If they [B]never looked down on [E]this
[A]Not much [C#m]here they'd wanna [B]know
Just [E]Levelland
Far as you can [A]point your hand[B]
Nothin' but [E]Levelland[A] [B]
(Solo) A C#m B E A C#m B A C#m B E A C#m B
[E]Mama used to roll her hair
[A]Back before the central air
[E]We'd sit out[C#m]side and watch the [A]stars at night
[E]She'd tell me to make a wish
[A]I'd wish we both could fly
[E]Don't think she's [C#m]seen the sky
[A]Since we got the satellite dish and
[E]I can hear the marching band
[A]Doin' the best they can
They're playing "[E]Smoke on the [C#m]Water", "[A]Joy to the World"
[E]I've paid off all my debts
[A]Got some change left over yet and I'm
[E]Gettin' on a [C#m]whisper jet
I'm gonna [A]fly as far as I can [B]get from
[E]Levelland, doin' the [A]best I can[B]
Out in [E]Levelland - imagine [A]that[B]
[C#m] [A] [B] [E]
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