written by Robert Earl Keen
style of Cross Canadian Ragweed
album: Back to Tulsa; Live and Loud at Cain's Ballroom
Capo on 5th fret. I use C instead of Cmaj7...it just sounds better to me that way.
E-------------------3-|
B-------------------3-|
G-------------------0-|
D-------------------2-|
A--------0--2--3----3-|
E--3--3---------------|
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a long stretch of highway at midnight in New Mexico
G Cmaj7 D
Its a small colored light that shines from your car radio
Cmaj7 G
Its the old motel owner who sleeps on a cot
Cmaj7 D
And gives you the very last hit from her pot
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a lonely feeling its what youve got
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a lonely feeling like it or not
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a crack in the sidewalk right next to a pay telephone
G Cmaj7 D
Its someones recorder when hoping that someone is home
Cmaj7 G
Its an hour to kill to do what you please
Cmaj7 D
But nobodys up for just shooting the breeze
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a lonely feeling its like a disease
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a lonely feeling you pray that it leaves
G
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its your best friend from high school who sees you and wishes you well
G Cmaj7 D
You try to break through but you run outta stories to tell
Cmaj7 G
So you bid him goodbye and you step into space
Cmaj7 D
Theres so many questions that you cannot face
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a lonely feeling taking his place
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a lonely feeling you just cant erase
G
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its three men from Chile who are tired and they wanna go home
G Cmaj7 D
Theyve run outta money and theyre stuck up in East Oregon
Cmaj7 G
So you give them the small bit of change from your hand
Cmaj7 D
You try to speak Spanish but they dont understand
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a lonely feeling it gets to a man
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a lonely feeling that runs through the land
G
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a statue of Jesus that your grandmother had when she died
G Cmaj7 D
All cracked and all yellow and you know you should throw it aside
Cmaj7 G
But youre growing religious the older you get
Cmaj7 D
You havent been saved but it could happen yet
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a lonely feeling full of regret
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a lonely feeling wont let you forget
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a bus stop, a street cop, an old dog, the new kid, a bum
G Cmaj7 D
Its fright and rejected, neglected the blind deaf and dumb
Cmaj7 G
But you look in the mirror and youre still hanging in
Cmaj7 D
Its there to remind you how lucky youve been
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a lonely feeling now and again
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Its a lonely feeling that comes from within.
