Chords for Turnpike Troubadours "The Bird Hunters" | Austin City Limits Web Exclusive

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_ _ _ Well, [Em] the cubby [G] took wing, [D] the shotgun _ [G] singing, [C] I pawned and [G] docked down [D] the old Logan Road.
[Em] And Danny got [G] three [D] and looked [G] back grinning, [C] I fumbled [G] around [D] and tried to reload.
[C] The country [G] was cold [D] with the sun always [G] blood-seeking, [C] it's good to [G] be back in [D] this place.
_ _ With [C] my _ [G] hands around [D] the Belgian [G] man, frowning, [C] the mind on [G] the lines of [D] her face.
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_ _ Well [Em] now, Danny's [G] my buddy, [D] we grew [G] up like a family, [C] we hunted [G] this [D] timber before we could drive.
[Em] The old [G] English pawner [D] once [G] belonged to me, [C] but I gave [G] him up when I [D] moved in 05.
_ [C] _ Off with the [G] girl, _ _ [D] off to [G] the city, _ [C] off [G] on a ring and [D] a chain.
_ _ Well, I [C] thought it played [G] out [D] just like [G] some story, [C] when we fell [G] in love at [D] a rodeo dance. _ _ _
_ She [G] said, go on back [C] to Cherokee [G] _ County, [C] won't you crawl back [G] with nothing [D] but a razor and a comb.
[G] She said, babe, if you need me, [C] I'll be where [G] you found [C] me, and on [G] to hell, [D] honey, I'll be having [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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[Em] dances.
Look at old [G] Jim, _ [D] a dozen _ Decembers [C] behind him, [G] no words [D] for the wear. _ _
And you [Em] time [G]-spinning car also [D] did not help [G] your shooting, [C] then look at [G] the gray in your [D] hair. _ _
How [C] good does [G] it feel, [D] you belong in [G] these hills, [C] it's best [G] that you let it [D] all end. _ _ _
[C] You'd have married that [G] girl, [D] you'd have married a [G] family, [C] he dodged [G] that bullet, my [D] friend. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ She [G] said, go _ on back to [C] _ Cherokee [G] County, [C] won't you crawl back [G] with nothing [D] but a razor and a [G] comb.
She said, babe, if you need me, [C] I'll be where [G] you found me, [C] and on [G] to hell, _
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_ _ _ honey, I'll be having dances.
Oh, [Em] I was beginning [D] to deal with it, and then [Am] the old dog who pawned [Em] it, well, part of me [D] died. _ _
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Then [Em] a flutter of feathers, _ [G] then a shotgun to shoulder, [C] I'm battled [G]
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[Em] She'll be [C] home on [G] the 4th of _ [D] July, _ better [G] we [C] dance [G] on the 4th of [D] _ July.
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_ _ Then [C] says, hello, [G] it's shot, [D] looks like you [G] still got it, [C] that's what [G] we came [D] here to do.
_ Well, [C] it's not [G] enough still, [D] at the foot of [G] the hill, [C] you'd kick up [G] a single _ [D] _
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_ _ She [G] said, go on back [C] to Cherokee [G] _ County, [C] won't you crawl back [G] with nothing but [D] a razor and a comb.
[G] Says, babe, if you need me, I'll [C] be where [G] you found [C] me, and go _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
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[G] to hell, [D] honey, I'm headed home.
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