Chords for This Old Porch Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen

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_ [Bb] _ _ knew [A] _ _ [B] _
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I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ wanted _ _ _ _ _ to be able to count _
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_ _ [A] _ _ [B] on him.
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[N] _ This fellow here, he died [B] in the 60's.
_ _ [Eb] He took such great [Db] care of him.
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_ [Bb] He _ _ _ _ _ _ had other red houses in town and the people that lived in those houses were _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ robber and his typical style.
[C] He _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ walked [Cm] away and _ [D] _ _ [B] never _ _
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ _ once made me feel [G] like he didn't _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ belong.
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We came to him and [Bb] he made me think he was never going to return.
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_ _ _ There's [Eb] old folks like the gold and [C] white of the [Cm] gold _
_ _ Standing [Ab] under a musky [Bb] tree
_ _ Lava dunes of Texas _
[Eb] Keeps on playing out in the street
That [C]
I love so much
_ [G] _ [Bb] _ Sweat [Ab] and pain
_ [Bb] Little work never dies
There's old [Eb] folks like the [Bb] steam and grease and [C] flame
_ Lots _ _ of [Ab] cheese and onions _ _
Guacamole and sunny
_ Get them out of the silo
Tell [C] them no
Now I'm tired
[Ab] With eyes of steel and waitress
[Bb] She'll smile every time
There's [Eb] old folks like the _ _ [Cm] walking on the main street of Texas
[Ab] Never seen her [Bb] today
She and I are dancing
And [Eb] that _ old folks [Cm] is almost faded now
_ [Ab] And the street without a picture
_ _ [Bb] Since John came to _ [Eb] town _ _ _ _
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There's [Eb] old folks just like the feathered grey [Cm]-haired 70's
Doing _ _ [Ab] _
_ all they [Eb] can
[Bb] Not to give in to the silly days
[Eb] And he always takes the red plate
So [Cm] long as I run his cattle
_ [Ab] And he picks me up at dinner time
And [Bb] I listen [F] to him rattle
He [Eb] says the grass is still running honey
Just like [Cm] she's run all along
There ain't never been [Ab] no king to [Bb] grind
The cotton all [C] alone
You know [Eb] this brand new Chevrolet
And hell it goes [Cm] soft in the back seat _
_ [Ab] And I don't want nobody to listen to him
[Bb] Cause they all think he's crazy
[C] And that's what [Eb] all riches do
_ Long time _
[Cm] waiting and forgetting
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remembering the coming [Eb] back
And not [Bb] crying about the leaving
_ [Eb] And remembering the falling down
[Cm] And the laughter of the curse of love
From [Ab] all of those passers-by
[Bb] Who said we'd never get back
[Eb] This _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
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_ _ _ [Eb] old boy just took a long time
_ [C] Waiting and forgetting
[Cm] And remembering the coming back
And [F] not crying about the leaving
[Eb] And _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] remembering _ the falling _ _
_ [Ab] down
From all of those passers-by
[Eb] Who [Bb] said we'd never get back _
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