Levelland Robert Earl Keen
Levelland by Robert Earl Keen
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Intro: D G D Bm G
[D]Flatter than a tabletop
[G]Makes you wonder why they stopped here
[D]Wagon must have [Bm]lost a wheel or they [G]lacked ambition one
[D]On the great migration west
[G]Separated from the rest
[D]Though they might have [Bm]tried their best
They [G]never caught the sun
So they [A]sunk some roots down in the dirt
To [G]keep from blowin' off the earth
[A]Built a town around here
And when the [G]dust had all but [A]cleared
They called it [D]Levelland, the [G]pride of man[A]
In [D]Levelland[G] [A]
[D]Granddad grew the dry land wheat
[G]Stood on his own two feet
[D]His mind got [Bm]incomplete and they [G]put him into the home
[D]Daddy's cotton grows so high
[G]Sucks the water table dry
[D]Rollinā?? sprinkler[Bm]s circle by
[G]Bleedin' them to the bone
And I [A]won't be here when it comes a day
It [G]all dries up and blows away
I'd [A]hang around just to see
But they [G]never had much [A]use for me in [D]Levelland
They don't [G]understand [A]me out in [D]Levelland[G] [A]
And I [G]watch those jet trails [Bm]carvinā?? up tha[A]t big blue sky[E]
[G]Coast to [Bm]coasters watch 'em go[A]
And I [G]never would blame 'em [Bm]one damn bit
If they [A]never looked down on [D]this
[G]Not much [Bm]here they'd wanna [A]know
Just [D]Levelland
Far as you can [G]point your hand[A]
Nothin' but [D]Levelland[G] [A]
[G] [Bm] [A] [D] [G] [Bm] [A] [G] [Bm] [A] [D] [G] [Bm] [A]
[D]Mama used to roll her hair
[G]Back before the central air
[D]We'd sit outs[Bm]ide and watch the [G]stars at night
[D]She'd tell me to make a wish
[G]I'd wish we both could fly
[D]Don't think she's [Bm]seen the sky
[G]Since we got the satellite dish and
[D]I can hear the marching band
[G]Doin' the best they can to play
[D]"Smoke on the [Bm]Water", "[G]Joy to the World"
[D]I've paid off all my debts
[G]Got some change left over yet and I'm
[D]Gettin' on a [Bm]whisper jet
I'm gonna [G]fly as far as I can [A]get from [D]Levelland
doin' the [G]best I can[A]
Out in [D]Levelland - imagine [G]that[A]
(D G A)x4 Bm G A D
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