Portales
Recorded by Ray Wylie Hubbard

(No Capo)

Intro.:  |(D)(A)|(G) |

(D) North of Portales above the (A)Caprock plain
(C) She was lookin' out a window (G)wishing for rain
(D) I found her sleeping in a hay-(A)stack
(C) I left her dreaming, (G)never been back

(Chorus)
(D) Hand woven (A)love songs and (G)sadness
(D) Is all I (A)sing when I think of (G) you
(D) Morning (A)love sighs, good-byes (G) and madness
(D) Is all I (A)ever gave to (G)you

(D) She was a woman, (A) she was barely twenty-five
(C) So nice to look at, (G) wild and alive
(D) She was in love, you know, but (A)I could not see
(C) When she'd say her prayers, (G) she'd say one for me

(Chorus)
(D) Hand woven (A)love songs of (G)sadness
(D) Is all I (A)sing when I think of (G) you
(D) Morning (A)love sighs, good-byes (G) and madness
(D) Was all I (A)ever gave to (G)you

Solo:  |(D) |(A) |(C) |(G) | x 2

(D) Sometime that winter (A) I heard that old road
(C) The high wire wind (G) cold and alone
(D) Then she give me this old (A)ring for my hand
(C) She said, "I know you're leaving, (G) love me while you can"

(Chorus)
(D) Hand woven (A)love songs of (G)sadness
(D) Is all I (A)sing when I think of (G) you
(D) Morning (A)love sighs, good-byes (G) and lies and madness
(D) Was all I (A)ever gave (G) to you

(Tag)
(D) Was all I (A)ever gave to (G)you (D) -----