Topic: Country Heartache in 6/8 Time
Country Heartache in 6/8 Music and Lyrics by Dan Bernhardt
6/8, western ballad, with alternating bass notes.
[A] [D] [A] [E] [A]
[A]A rugged young cowboy rides through the plain
He stops for an evening to eat and to think
He [D]thinks about women and one comes to [A]mind
[E]He remembers the night that they met
and it helps pass the [A]time
He [F]remembers the sound of her [G]warm southern speech
How she [A]smiled when he whispered she was [A7]so nice to meet
How his [D]heart did a flip when he [E]first held her hand
It made him [A] feel like a man
He [A]sits on the ground, hands in his hair
Thinkin’ and wishin’ that she was still there
Her [D]soft velvet lips are all that he’s thinkin’ of [A]now
He can’t remember what happened or how
The only real matter are his tears on the ground
And the [D]sound of the thunder
And the flashes of [A]white hot light
And he [E]cries forgiveness in the rainin’ spring night
The [F]shoes she was wearin’ as they [G]walked down the street
The [A]color of her dress like the [A7]color of cream
The [D]earings he bought her at the [E]old country fair
Made him [A]wish she was there
He [A]knows he’ll forget her, he knows he won’t cry
He knows he’ll find women with passion for life
He [D]knows he’ll be better and he lets out a [A]sigh
Cause he [E]knows, yeah he knows, yeah he knows
When he’s tellin’ a [A]lie
[F]He remembers how they danced in the [G]warm summer rain
With her [A]wet cotton dress and that [A7]bottle’a champagne
And he [D]found him a mem’ry that [E]money can’t buy
And he [A]broke down and cried
Music is my savior/I was maimed by Rock and Roll/I was tamed by Rock and Roll/I got my name/From Rock and Roll
-Jeff Tweedy
-Jeff Tweedy
