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Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - The Poet
Junky Star
Standard Tuning
BmAs I get long gone
Out where the wind blows
The dDesert sky she flys by for miles
BmAs I keep walkin’ people keep talkin’
About Dthings they’ve never scene or done,
BmHomeless sleep in the park
Sweet hearts kiss in the dark
I mysDelf just move on through town
BmThe moon keeps on shinin’
The rich keep on dinin’
Oh how i Dlove the highway sun
EmOut tGo the backD, the poet writes his songs in blood
BmCoyotes are callin’
Stars keep on fallin’
Your moDther she won’t be around
BmA feather blows down the road
The wind is cold and your wings are broke
And your Dheart is livin’ on the run
BmLonely and wasted, her eyes replaced it
I don’t Dthink I’ll make another mile
BmFrom town to town I run
My horse ain’t to drunk
The dDaylight is singin to the sun
EmOut to thGe backD, the poet writes his songs in blood
BmJuke box is barkin’
I’m just getting started
I’ve Dyet to see the light of day
BmSenoritias lose it to the mariachi music
Cause nDew york is too far away
BmThe band keeps on playin’
With beer bottles breakin’
The bDarmaid I heard pulled a gun
BmPoet takes a pistol, points at this sister
Says Dhoney your day is done
EmOut to thGe backD, the poet writes his songs in blood
EmOut to thGe backD, the poet writes his songs in blood
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The story behind the song

Ryan Bingham's music often draws from his experiences growing up across the American Southwest and his time on the rodeo circuit. He learned guitar at 16, playing for friends after rodeos and eventually in bars and honky tonks. This song, appearing on his album Junky Star, emerges from an artist whose sound is deeply rooted in these varied, expansive landscapes. It carries the spirit of a storyteller who has seen much of life from the road.

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