Chords for Panhandle Slim

_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Panhandle Slim [Bbm] was a pride of the plains, [Gb] the crab apple [Db] of his mother's eye. _ _
_ He grew [Fm] like a weed [Bbm] does in the West Texas rain, [Gm] always [Eb] reaching _ for [Ab] the sky. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ Sharp as a thorn [Bbm] on a prickly [Db]
pear, _ [Gb] quicker than lightning [Db] on his legacy [Bb] mare.
[Db] And at times more [Fm]
elusive [Bbm] than a panhandle [Ab]
bear, and [Eb] funnier than a _ [Ab] _ jackal. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] The last [Ab] out of seven, [Bbm] the birth [Ab] of a feather, [Gb] and the last with a family [Db] _ name.
[Bb] _
_ He's [Db] the young [Fm] lonesome rooster, [Bbm] the rooster [Db] of the [Eb] birdhouse, the loneliest roost [Ab] on the range. _
_ _ _ [Bbm] Horses need water [Gb] and cotton needs rain,
[Db] Cattle need love [Ab] or they'll drive you [F] _
insane.
[Bbm] _ Mitcher gets lonesome [Gb] here out on the plains, [Db] and it hurts to cry with [Ab] dry eyes. _
But [Gb] if you ever see [Gbm] him, he'll tell you that he's [Db] doing _ fine.
[Ab] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _
As time goes by it [Ab]
slithers, [Bbm] and frame starts to [Ab] wither, but [Gb] rust can't touch an innocent [Db] _ mind.
_ [Fm] _
_ When he grew like a [Fm] weed [Bbm] does in the West Texas [Ab] plains, [Eb] he learned to love [Ab] sunshine. _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Db] Through tired eyes [Ab] he dreams of [Bbm] girls [Ab] from the city, [Gb] and the smell of myrtle [Db] perfume. _ _ _
_ And he looks to [Fm] the stars, [Bbm] and he sings a [Ab] few bars [Eb] to the lonesome _ [Ab] man. _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ Horses need water [Gb] and cotton needs rain,
_ [Db] _ Cowboys need love or [Ab] they'll drive you _
[A] insane.
_ [Bbm] Mitcher gets lonesome here [Gb] out on the plains, [Db] and it hurts to cry with [Ab] dry _ eyes.
_ [Gb] But if you ever see him, [Gbm] he'll tell you that he's doing [Db] _ _ fine.
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] Slim's hat [Fm] landed next to [Bb] his jaw on the ground, [Gb] when he saw [Db] her walking his way. _ _
_ _ With eyes [C] like sapphire [Bb] she spoke to [Ab] his soul, _ [Eb] without ever saying [Ab] a thing.
A
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Db] single _ sunflower [Bbm] at golden [Ab] hour, looking [Gb] finer than a Georgia [Db] old Keef. _
_ _ [Ab] When he [Db] grew like a [Fm] weed does on [Bbm] the West Texas [Ab] plains, he [Eb] knew how to [Eb] turn a new [Ab] leaf.
_ _ Just [Bbm] like horses need water [Gb] and cotton needs rain,
[Db] _
Cowboys need love or [Ab] they'll drive you [A] insane.
_ [Bbm] Mitcher gets lonesome here [Gb] out on the plains, and [Db] it hurts to cry with [Ab] dry _ eyes.
But [Gb] if you ever see him, [Gbm] he'll tell you that he's doing [Db] fine.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ Now [Gb] these days when you see him, [Gbm] he'll tell you that he's doing [Db] _
fine.
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _