{"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":74459,"song":"West Texas Highway","artist":"Lyle Lovett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11546333-west-texas-highway-chords-by-lyle-lovett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/74459?type=chord","rating":4.49267,"votes":30,"content":"WEST TEXAS HIGHWAY\r\nBy: Michael Martin Murphy and Boomer Castleman\r\nRecorded by: Lyle Lovett Album: Step Inside this House\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nNow I was a`driving down[/tab]\r\n\r\nA West Texas highway\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nI seen a hitchhiker[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHis thumb was pointin my way[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nHe didn't look suspicious[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nHe didn't look any too clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nSo I, I put on my brakes[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd I opened up the door\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nI could tell he was a bum[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBy the boots he wore[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said I'm going down to Haskell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C7[/ch]  [ch]F7[/ch]  [ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nGot a woman back in Abilene.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nHe told me son East Texas[/tab]\r\n\r\nIs where I come from\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nI been ridin' that Jacksonville Rodeo[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd I got humdrum[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nI'm travelling around[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nA whole lot of Texas I've seen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nYes and I'm, I'm mighty glad[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou was pushin' down my way\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nIn your fancy clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd this shiny Chevrolet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F7[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaid I'm going down to Haskell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C7[/ch]  [ch]F7[/ch]  [ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nGot a woman back in Abilene.[/tab]\r\n\r\n--- Dobro / Piano leads\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nYou know he was grinning like a possum[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd a mighty happy rascal\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nHe waved good-bye[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWhen I let him out in Haskell[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nAnd that's about the last[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf that road tramp[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThat I've ever seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nBut you know that I'm still wishing[/tab]\r\n\r\nTo this very day\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nThat he had my clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd this shiny Chevrolet[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it was me going to Haskell[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nWith a woman down in Abilene.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F7[/ch]\r\nBut you know that I'm still wishing[/tab]\r\n\r\nTo this very day\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nThat he had my clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd this shiny Chevrolet[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it was me going to Haskell[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch]/E7-[ch]F7[/ch] (slide up)\r\nWith a woman down in Abilene.[/tab]","plain_text":"WEST TEXAS HIGHWAY\nBy: Michael Martin Murphy and Boomer Castleman\nRecorded by: Lyle Lovett Album: Step Inside this House\n\n\n\nA West Texas highway\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd I opened up the door\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIs where I come from\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou was pushin' down my way\n\n\n\n\n\n--- Dobro / Piano leads\n\n\n\nAnd a mighty happy rascal\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo this very day\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo this very day","chords":["F7","A","Bb7","E7","D","G7","C7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}