{"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":988435,"song":"Lights Of Cheyenne","artist":"James McMurtry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11623495-lights-of-cheyenne-chords-by-james-mcmurtry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/988435?type=chord","rating":4.57543,"votes":79,"content":"LIGHTS OF CHEYENNE - JAMES MCMURTRY\r\n\r\nCapo I\r\n\r\n[ch]D4[/ch]       xx0233     [ch]G/F#[/ch]    220033\r\n[ch]Cadd9[/ch]    x32033     [ch]G[/ch]       320033\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch]      022033\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       Look off down the highway at the glittering lights[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]                     [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       Like windshield glass on the shoulder tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                    [ch]D4[/ch]          [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n       As the diesels come  grinding on up from the plains[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]           [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       All bunched up like pearls on a string[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       And I guess time don't mean nothin', not nothin' at all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]                       [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       And out on the horizon the broken stars fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                              [ch]D4[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n       Old broken stars, they fall down on the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]              [ch]D4[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       And get mixed together with the lights of Cheyenne[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       Well, I've been up all night and I'm down on my back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]                   [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       Workin' the counter to take up the slack[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                     [ch]D4[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n       'Cause the money tree's light and the whiskey stream's low[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]           [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       You ain't worked a week since July[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       You say the gravel pit's hiring after the first[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]                     [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       But you don't have the nature for that kind of work[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                       [ch]D4[/ch]             [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n       You might get hired on but you won't make a hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]D4[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       And I'll still be here lookin' at the lights of Cheyenne[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D4[/ch]\r\nYou stand in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwith your feet on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D4[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nNever suspectin' a thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D4[/ch]\r\nBut if the sky were to[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Cadd9[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nmove you might never be found[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nNever be heard from again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       We go on good behavior when our youngest comes home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em7[/ch]                         [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       She comes up from Boulder but she never stays long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                       [ch]D4[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n       And that oldest still fights me like she was 18[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]        [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       Stopped in for a 6-pack a while ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       And she's got a cowboy problem and this last one's a sight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch]                    [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       All dressed up like Gunsmoke for Saturday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]               [ch]D4[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n       And they were off to the bars for lack of a plan[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]        [ch]D4[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       Racing the stars to the lights of Cheyenne[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       And you've kept all that meanness inside you so long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em7[/ch]                            [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       You'd fight with a fence post if it looked at you wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                       [ch]D4[/ch]             [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n       Well, the post won't hit back, and it won't call the law[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]           [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       I look at you right, or I don't look at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       Now take a crumpled up soft pack and give it a shake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]                     [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       Out by the dumpster on a cigarette break[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                       [ch]D4[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n       With one eye swelled up from the back of your hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]        [ch]D4[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       And the other eye fixed on the lights of Cheyenne[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D4[/ch]\r\nYou stand in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwith your feet on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D4[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nNever suspectin' a thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D4[/ch]\r\nBut if the sky were to[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Cadd9[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nmove you might never be found[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nNever be heard from again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       Now there's antelope grazing in range of my gun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       Come opening weekend you won't see a one[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                     [ch]D4[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n       They'll vanish like ghosts 'cause somehow they know[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       But now they're up to the fence in the early dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       And it's warming up nicely for this time of year[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]                          [ch]D4[/ch]\r\n       The creeks are still frozen but the roads are all clear[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                  [ch]D4[/ch]            [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n       And I don't have it in me to make one more stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]         [ch]D4[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       Though I never much cared for the lights of Cheyenne[/tab]","plain_text":"LIGHTS OF CHEYENNE - JAMES MCMURTRY\n\nCapo I\n\nD4       xx0233     G/F#    220033\nCadd9    x32033     G       320033\nEm7      022033\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["D4","G/F#","Cadd9","G","Em7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}