Chords for Talkin' Prairie Boy

[E] Talking Prairie Boy. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A#] Mmmmm. _ _
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_ _ _ Buddy's old man is [C] back on the booze.
[D] He's swinging a driver at a big bowl of mousse.
[G] Keeps getting on the [C] goddamn property, or so [D] he says.
_ [G] _ _ _ Cigarettes are expensive [C] and whiskey ain't cheap.
[D] Winters are bitter but the summers are sweet.
[G] Get some [C] honestly priced [F#] smokes over [D] at the Rez.
[G] _ _ If you're so [C] inclined.
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[G] _ _ _ Most of my time spent in [C] the big blue van.
[D] Just traveling the country with a five-piece band.
[G] Pick a little for the folks [C] and sing when I can.
Granted [D] I'm sober.
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_ And other days [C] are meant for choring.
Just [D] working at the ranch to stave off boredom.
[G] Keeping the [C] cash and finding new ways [D] to keel over. _
[G] _ _ Just living [C] the dream. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
I was cooling my [C] heels down in Tennessee.
[D] Post-82's, some buddies and me.
And we were shooting the [C] shit until we ran out of [D] ammunition.
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_ _ _ _ _ Some dude overheard [D] from across the room.
And instead of minding his own, he just as soon
sat down next [C] to us and joined in on the [D] conversation.
_ [G] _ _ Brought [C] over some kind of beer.
_ They called it _ [D] _
[D] IPA.
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He's a Nashville [C] kid in a cowboy hat.
[D] And he couldn't tell the shoelace from the layer he had.
[G] The furthest [C] west he'd ever been is [D] Ohio.
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_ [D] He's talking to me and [C] says he's looking for work.
[D] He didn't mind getting some dirt on his shirt.
[G] And would I be so kind as to hire [C] him on?
Well, [D] oh my oh.
[G] _ _ _ [D] [C] Surprised he didn't bring a resume. _ _
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_ _ _ [D] He said, but if you're doing [G] fence, then I ain't for hire.
[D] And if you're doing hay, then frankly I wouldn't conspire
to ask me about doing that either.
[G] _ _ _ I said, what are you good for?
[C] And he said, plenty.
And [D] I could see this conversation wasn't going any which way.
Figured I'd do well [G] just to leave here.
So [C] long, buddy. _ _ _
_ _ And keep your IPAs.
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[D] _ Yeah, this city life [C] sure got me tired in [D] its heart
for a prairie boy to admire all [G] the concrete,
[C] the towering [D] skyscrapers. _
[G] _ _ So just as soon [Em] as I'm able to find my hat,
I [D] believe I'll leave and head on back home
where the tallest buildings are all grain [G] elevators.
_ _ [D] Long gone, [Am] just a [Em] sketchy one.
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] Yeah, I'm out of this [C] place and bound for the farm.
[D] And I'm not taking no greenhorn along.
I have a [G]
hard enough [C] time just keeping track of [D] myself.
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_ _ _ But if you're down in Nashville [Am] and you're trying to look [D] cool,
but you can't tell a pretty Palomino from [G] a mule,
take my advice [C] and leave the buckaroo [D] hat on the shelf.
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