{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1102447,"song":"Armadillo Jackal","artist":"Robert Earl Keen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1102447-armadillo-jackal-chords-by-robert-earl-keen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1102447?type=chord","rating":4.9371,"votes":27,"content":"Armadillo Jackal by Robert Earl Keen\r\n\r\nTrascribbed by DWdrummer67.\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard, or capo to vocals as necessary.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe evening sun was sinkin' down, a chill north wind a-blows[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe new-plowed ground was coolin' fast, the river rolls and flows[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeneath the two-lane concrete river bridge between my place and town[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn that hot-bed Farm to Market road they call 1291[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm sayin' son you'll see me searchin', sizzlin' down that broad highway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDollar signs in both my eyes, I'm seekin' out my prey[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm prayin' \"Jesus, will you send me just another three or four?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey pay two-fifty down in Halletsville, 3 dollars, maybe more[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd more than likely they'll be out tonight a-wanderin' from the farms[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWaddlin' down 1291 to keep their bodies warm [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm talking walkin' belts and neckties, and boots for rodeo[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey don't run too fast, don't waste much gas, I'm makin' lots o'dough[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe armadillo....o....o....o…The armadillo....o....o....o [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe Armadillo never sees me, when I hit him with my brights[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHis life don't flash before his eyes, he's blinded by my lights[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd so I hit him with my bumper doin' sixty, sixty-five[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey take 'em frozen down in Halletsville, they don't take 'em alive[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe jackal cri....i....i...ied… The jackal cri....i....i...ied[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe jackal cried, look there's two of them a-walkin' down the line[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI can't believe my luck tonight this here makes twenty-nine[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd so he rolled the first one runnin', the second was too fast[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHis breaks and laughter squealin' as he stomped down on the gas[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGood-God, his car was sideways flyin', when the bridge wall met his door[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe impact shook the river bed his foot went through the floor[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nForevermore....or....or...ore  Forevermore....or....or....ore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nForevermore was his last moment from the bridge wall to the stream[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFrom the speckled blood around his smile a-spewin' gasoline[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then he screamed his raspy epitaph, before he turned to flame[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]...                             [ch]E[/ch]...\r\nThey pay two-fifty down in Halletsville.... I ain't the one to blame.....[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAin't it a sha....a....a....ame  The jackal cri....i....i...ied[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe armadillo....o....o....o  The armadillo....o....o....o[/tab]\r\n\r\n(repeat until fade)","plain_text":"Armadillo Jackal by Robert Earl Keen\n\nTrascribbed by DWdrummer67.\n\nTuning: Standard, or capo to vocals as necessary.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(repeat until fade)","chords":["Am","G","F","E","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}