Chords for Charlie Shafter "Billy Creek" on The Texas Music Scene

_ Folks, our Songwriter Series, hosted by Jack Ingram,
regularly gives us some really super cool
and unique performances [D] captured on camera.
Here now is one that was a standout
from this season so far. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Thanks, Ray.
You know, I love it that we're now featuring
full performances from our Songwriter Series.
The definite highlight so far from this season
was a debut tune from Charlie Shafter,
accompanied by his buddy, Starfire, on the banjo.
My new name is Rain or Shine.
Here's their live take on Billy Creek,
right here on the Texas music scene. _ _ _
Billy Creek is a song Starfire and I wrote
about a favorite camping place in southeast Oklahoma.
_ And it's a really primitive _ camping spot,
and it's near Meena, Arkansas,
_ _ [E] where the CIA allegedly used to fly cocaine
[Am] into the United States from [D] Columbia and other [A] places.
We saw this guy [D] when we were camping there one [A] time
that was clearly not camping.
He was living there.
[B] And we just made up a story about him.
[A] ♪ _ _
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_ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Billy Creek pine trees stoned like a stack of rocks ♪
♪ I'm gonna go somewhere they can't find me ♪
♪ I'm gonna give it everything I got ♪
♪ Yeah, I'm [D] on the run, I'm [A] looking out ♪
♪ [D] Searching for something that I still care about ♪
♪ I'm looking up to [E] the sky ♪
♪ Fire on the _ moon, let it burn [A] so high _ ♪
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_ ♪ Scrape the dirt off your shoes, come over, take a seat ♪
♪ Knock that shit off your bones ♪
♪ Tofu on the fire, can I get you something to eat?
♪
♪ Make yourself at home, don't you know I'm on the [D] run?
♪
♪ I'm looking out, searching for something ♪
♪ That I still care about ♪
♪ I'm looking up to the [E] _
sky, _ fire _ _ _ _ on the moon, let it burn so high _ _ [A] _
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♪
♪ My baby's gotta head on down to the Meena airport ♪
♪ Gonna greet that government plane ♪
♪ Try to say I look court and get me something to snort ♪
♪ That good CIA _ cocaine, yeah, I'm on the [D] run ♪
♪ I'm looking out, searching for something ♪
♪ That I still care about ♪
♪ I'm looking up to the [E]
sky, _ _ fire _ _ _ _ on the moon, let it burn so high _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
♪
♪ Well, met Shaq in the back, give me a heart attack ♪
♪ With them bears flying up in the air ♪
♪ A county man that come around looking for a pound ♪
♪ What I'm making, it don't seem [A] fair, yeah, I'm on the [D] run ♪
♪ I'm looking out, searching for something ♪
♪ That I still care about ♪
♪ I'm looking up to [E] the sky, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fire [A] on the moon, let it burn so high _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
♪
♪ Now I'm [F#m] on the run, Lord, I hope [A] they don't find me ♪
♪ You know [D] I'll give it everything I got ♪
♪ [F#m] Now if the creek gets low, I [A] got nothing to show ♪
♪ Except three hats and a cop, [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ son, I'm higher than that big creek pine tree ♪
♪ Lord, you know I'm feeling stoned, _ _ but if they ever try to come and find me ♪
♪ I ain't leaving this world _ alone, yeah, I'm [D] on the run ♪
♪ [A] I'm looking out, searching for [D] something that I still care about ♪
♪ I'm [D] looking up to the [B] sky, _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ fire on the moon, let it burn [A] so high ♪ _
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