Chords for James Mcmurtry "Levelland" SXSW 2014 Austin American Statesman stage fri march 14 2014

with one of the Robert Earl Keene songs that I wrote.
Woo!
Yeah!
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Woo!
_ Woo!
Thanks [Am] for that.
Yep!
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_ _ Woo!
Woo! _ _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ I'd like to thank you for coming [A] out.
Yeah!
Yeah!
Woo! _ _ _ _ _
[E] I'd like to thank the statesmen for having us. _ _ _ _
_ _ Thank you, [Em] Jay!
Come see us tomorrow at the Continental Club at 3.30
if you're up and [C] around.
Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo!
We got bands all day long.
_ And it's free.
Woo!
[Em] [G] Door's wide open. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [F] And we're there most Wednesdays at midnight
if [Ab] you want to call in sick on Thursday.
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_ [C] _ Once _ _ _ [G] again, thanks for being here, [C] folks.
Thank you! _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Lighter than a tabletop
_ [F] Makes you wonder why [C] they stopped there
_ Wagon must [Am] have lost a wheel
Or [F] they lacked ambition more
[C] _
_ _ _ In the great migration west
_ _ Separated from the rest
_ Though they might have tried the best
They never caught the sun
So [G] they sent some roots down in this dirt
[F] To keep the fruit from flowing [C] off the earth
They built a [G] town right here
[F] The winds are still [C] all the [G] clear
They call [C] the little man _ _ _ _ _
I admit
[G] The _ [C] little _ man _ _ _ _
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The great bad great trial and wait _
_ Stood [F] on his own two [C] feet
His mind went into a gate
Had to put him alone
_ And _ Patty's got the girls to hide _
Sucks to water and save a guy
And Miss Rowan Sprinkler [A] [C] circled back
Rated to the bone _ _
[G] I won't be here when the calendar's dated
[F]
It all dries up [C] and blows away
But [G] I'm turning around just to see
_ [C] That they've never had no sheep for me
The little man
_ They _ _ always named
_ [G] _ _ How the [C] little man _ _ _ _ _ _
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[F] They watched those [C] ships rise
Carving up that [G] big blue _ [C] sky _ _ _
_ He was the gilliest of his watcher [G] girls
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That [C] old man was one damn bit
But [G] they never looked down [C] on him _ _
Not much that he had anymore, [G] no
_ Just _ _ _ [C] little man
_ _ As far as he could point you in
_ [G] _ Nothing [C] but level head _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] Just a little
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_ [C] _ When _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Mama used to roll her hair
[F] _ Back before the central [C]
air
_ We'd sit _ [Am] outside and watch the [F] stars at [C] night
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[C] _ _ She'd tell me to make a wish
[F] And I'd wish we both could fly
[C] _ I don't think [Am] she'd see the skies
[F] _ Since [C] we got the South Lake Fish
_ And I can play the marching band
_ [F] [C] Doing the best I can to play
Smoke [Am] on the [C] water _
[F] _ _ Joy to the world _
[C] _ _ Later I followed my desk _
And got some change after over a year
And I'm getting no whispers
Just gonna [F] fly [G] as far as I can
To [C] the level land
_ _ _ _ Doing the [F] best I [C] can
[G] To _ have [C] a level _ head _ _ _ _
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