{"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":1146447,"song":"Levelland","artist":"Robert Earl Keen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1146447-levelland-chords-by-robert-earl-keen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1146447?type=chord","rating":4.83526,"votes":62,"content":"Robert Earl Keen - Levelland\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62ZEN_RPu4\r\ncomposed by James McMurtry\r\nCapo 2\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFlatter than a tabletop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMakes you wonder why they stopped here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWagon must have lost a wheel or they lacked ambition one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the great migration west[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSeparated from the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThough they might have tried their best[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey never caught the sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo they sunk some roots down in the dirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo keep from blowin' off the earth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBuilt a town around here[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd when the dust had all but cleared[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey called it Levelland, the pride of man[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn Levelland[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nGranddad grew the dry land wheat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nStood on his own two feet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis mind got incomplete and they put him into the home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nDaddy's cotton grows so high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSucks the water table dry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nRollin’ sprinklers circle by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBleedin' them to the bone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I won't be here when it comes a day[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt all dries up and blows away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'd hang around just to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut they never had much use for me in Levelland[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey don't understand me out in Levelland[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I watch those jet trails carvin’ up that big blue sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCoast to coasters watch 'em go[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd I never would blame 'em one damn bit[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf they never looked down on this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNot much here they'd wanna know[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust Levelland[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFar as you can point your hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNothin' but Levelland[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMama used to roll her hair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack before the central air[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe'd sit outside and watch the stars at night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe'd tell me to make a wish[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd wish we both could fly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nDon't think she's seen the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSince we got the satellite dish and[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can hear the marching band[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDoin' the best they can to play[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Smoke on the Water\", \"Joy to the World\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've paid off all my debts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGot some change left over yet and I'm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nGettin' on a whisper jet[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nI'm gonna fly as far as I can get[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Levelland[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]            \r\ndoin' the best I can[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOut in Levelland - imagine that[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"Robert Earl Keen - Levelland\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G62ZEN_RPu4\ncomposed by James McMurtry\nCapo 2\n\n[Intro]\nD   G   D Bm G\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nG Bm A D \nG Bm A\nG Bm A D\nG Bm A\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD   G A\nD   G A\nD   G A\nD   G 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