Chords for James McMurtry "Too Long In the Wasteland"
Tempo:
91.55 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Dm
Bb
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [D]
[Bb] [E] [D]
[C] [Dm] [D]
[G] [D] [G]
[D]
You hear the trucks on the highway and the ticking of the clocks.
There's a ghost of a moon in the afternoon, bullet holes in [Dm] the [G] mailbox, bullet holes
in the mailbox.
Keyholes [D] in my mind, [G]
too long in the wasteland, too long in the [Dm] wasteland [D] and falling behind.
[C] [D]
She said, won't you come [Gm] see me [D] when the sun goes [G] down?
[D] It'll be just like the old days when I used to let you hang around.
[G] Well I don't know, I might not speak the language [D] anymore.
[G] [D]
[G] Too long in the wasteland, too long in the [B]
[D] wasteland, no closing door.
[G]
[D] People in the village watch their children play.
At [Dm] the sight [D] of a stranger they call the kids away.
[G]
[Em] Just leave [Bb] that [G] man alone.
I hear the mother say, [Bb] too long in the [Em] wasteland, too long in [A] the wasteland's [D] what made him that way.
[G] [Dm]
Well I hadn't intended [D] to bend the rules, [G]
[C] but whiskey don't make [Dm] lies, it just makes fools.
[G] So I didn't mean to say it, but I meant what I [Dm] said.
[D] [G]
Too long in the wasteland, [Em] too long in the [Bm] wasteland [G] must have gone to my head.
[D]
[B] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D]
[G] [Dm] [G] [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G]
[Bb] [D] [A]
[D] [C]
[Am] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] She'll trail in the sunset, the long way away.
[Bm] [D]
Cutting across the horizon at the edge of the day.
[G]
And it calls out to me, come fly away.
But [Bb] I've been too long in the [Dm] wasteland, [A] too long in the wasteland, [D] I believe I'll [E] have to stay.
[Dm]
[E] Thanks a lot folks.
Thanks for being here.
[Bb] [E] [D]
[C] [Dm] [D]
[G] [D] [G]
[D]
You hear the trucks on the highway and the ticking of the clocks.
There's a ghost of a moon in the afternoon, bullet holes in [Dm] the [G] mailbox, bullet holes
in the mailbox.
Keyholes [D] in my mind, [G]
too long in the wasteland, too long in the [Dm] wasteland [D] and falling behind.
[C] [D]
She said, won't you come [Gm] see me [D] when the sun goes [G] down?
[D] It'll be just like the old days when I used to let you hang around.
[G] Well I don't know, I might not speak the language [D] anymore.
[G] [D]
[G] Too long in the wasteland, too long in the [B]
[D] wasteland, no closing door.
[G]
[D] People in the village watch their children play.
At [Dm] the sight [D] of a stranger they call the kids away.
[G]
[Em] Just leave [Bb] that [G] man alone.
I hear the mother say, [Bb] too long in the [Em] wasteland, too long in [A] the wasteland's [D] what made him that way.
[G] [Dm]
Well I hadn't intended [D] to bend the rules, [G]
[C] but whiskey don't make [Dm] lies, it just makes fools.
[G] So I didn't mean to say it, but I meant what I [Dm] said.
[D] [G]
Too long in the wasteland, [Em] too long in the [Bm] wasteland [G] must have gone to my head.
[D]
[B] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D]
[G] [Dm] [G] [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G]
[Bb] [D] [A]
[D] [C]
[Am] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] She'll trail in the sunset, the long way away.
[Bm] [D]
Cutting across the horizon at the edge of the day.
[G]
And it calls out to me, come fly away.
But [Bb] I've been too long in the [Dm] wasteland, [A] too long in the wasteland, [D] I believe I'll [E] have to stay.
[Dm]
[E] Thanks a lot folks.
Thanks for being here.
Key:
D
G
Dm
Bb
E
D
G
Dm
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [E] _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
You hear the trucks on the highway and the ticking of the clocks.
There's a ghost of a moon in the afternoon, bullet holes in [Dm] the [G] mailbox, bullet holes
in the mailbox.
_ Keyholes [D] in my mind, _ _ [G] _ _ _
too long in the wasteland, too long in the [Dm] wasteland [D] and falling behind.
_ [C] _ [D] _ _
She said, won't you come [Gm] see me [D] when the sun goes [G] down?
[D] It'll be just like the old days when I used to let you hang around.
[G] Well I don't know, I might not speak the language [D] anymore.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] Too long in the wasteland, too long in the [B]
[D] wasteland, no closing door.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] People in the village watch their children play. _
At [Dm] the sight [D] of a stranger they call the kids away.
[G] _
[Em] Just leave [Bb] that [G] man alone.
I hear the mother say, _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] too long in the [Em] wasteland, too long in [A] the wasteland's [D] what made him that way.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Dm]
Well I hadn't intended [D] to bend the rules, _ [G]
[C] but whiskey don't make [Dm] lies, it just makes fools.
[G] So I didn't mean to say it, _ but I meant what I [Dm] said.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Too long in the wasteland, [Em] too long in the [Bm] wasteland [G] must have gone to my head.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ She'll trail in the sunset, the long way away.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _
_ _ Cutting across the horizon at the edge of the day.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And it calls out to me, come fly away. _ _ _ _ _
But [Bb] I've been too long in the [Dm] wasteland, [A] too long in the wasteland, [D] I believe I'll [E] have to stay.
[Dm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ Thanks a lot folks.
Thanks for being here. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [E] _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
You hear the trucks on the highway and the ticking of the clocks.
There's a ghost of a moon in the afternoon, bullet holes in [Dm] the [G] mailbox, bullet holes
in the mailbox.
_ Keyholes [D] in my mind, _ _ [G] _ _ _
too long in the wasteland, too long in the [Dm] wasteland [D] and falling behind.
_ [C] _ [D] _ _
She said, won't you come [Gm] see me [D] when the sun goes [G] down?
[D] It'll be just like the old days when I used to let you hang around.
[G] Well I don't know, I might not speak the language [D] anymore.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] Too long in the wasteland, too long in the [B]
[D] wasteland, no closing door.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] People in the village watch their children play. _
At [Dm] the sight [D] of a stranger they call the kids away.
[G] _
[Em] Just leave [Bb] that [G] man alone.
I hear the mother say, _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] too long in the [Em] wasteland, too long in [A] the wasteland's [D] what made him that way.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Dm]
Well I hadn't intended [D] to bend the rules, _ [G]
[C] but whiskey don't make [Dm] lies, it just makes fools.
[G] So I didn't mean to say it, _ but I meant what I [Dm] said.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
Too long in the wasteland, [Em] too long in the [Bm] wasteland [G] must have gone to my head.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ She'll trail in the sunset, the long way away.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _
_ _ Cutting across the horizon at the edge of the day.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And it calls out to me, come fly away. _ _ _ _ _
But [Bb] I've been too long in the [Dm] wasteland, [A] too long in the wasteland, [D] I believe I'll [E] have to stay.
[Dm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ Thanks a lot folks.
Thanks for being here. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _