Desert Rat Chords by Michael Martin Murphey

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[Am] She _ [D] _ _ _
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[Am] sits on [D] the front porch, [Am] the old house [D] that stands scorched,
[Am] under [D] the sunstroke [Am] of a desert [D] day that choked
[F] her old man [C] who fell in [G] the sun. _ _ _
[Am] With rattlesnakes [D] and keepsakes, _
[Am] old boxes [D] of cornflakes,
[Am] _ gramophones [D] and gemstones, [Am] and three [D] unclaimed door frames,
[F] and bleached bones [C] and rocks, [G] by the _ time_ _ _
[D] Goodbye, old desert rat, [C] you half-crazy [G] wild cat,
[C] you knew [G] where it was at, [A] what life's all [D] about. _
_ _ [C] You savor [Em] of cattle _ [C] lawns, king [G] of the prairie dogs,
[C] success is [G] survival, [D] and you [F] toughed it out. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ You [G] toughed it _ out. _ _
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[Am] You old, loud [D] mouth rock hound, [Am] you kept the [D] kids spellbound,
[Am] half [D]-crazy and sunbaked, [Am] you earned your [D] own grub state,
[F] by breaking [C] your back all [G] day long. _ _
[Am] With junk art [D] and dunk cards, [Am] old model [D] teapots, _
[Am] _ frustrated, [D] outdated, _ [Am] and _ _ [D] uneducated,
[F] at 80 [C] you still wrote [G] good songs. _ _
[D] So goodbye, old desert rat, [C] you half-crazy [G] wild cat,
[C] you knew [G] where it was at, [A] what life's all [D] about. _
_ All [C] you savers of [Em] polar cattle lawns, [C] kings of [G] the prairie dogs,
[C] success is [G] survival, _ [D] we'll all tough [C] it out.
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[C] _ Yes, we'll all tough it [G] out. _ _ _ _
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