Tarpaper Sky.
Rodney Crowell.
Album: Tarpaper Sky
D A
We ran off chasing rainbows, 'Neath the blue Montana sky,
Bm7 A D
And we self proclaimed our freedom with a roar,
D
We crossed those raging rivers,
A
And we drank the taverns dry,
Bm7 A D
And we bowed our heads to legends, gone before.
Chorus:
G A D
Are you ready for the long journey home,
G A D
The flatlands, swamps and bayou’s in your bones,
G A
The simple life tastes sweeter now,
D G
You have no need to roam,
D A D
Are you ready for the long journey home?
D
The wind down off the Yellowstone,
A
Blows coal trains off their tracks,
Bm7 A D
And the water springs eternal from the fire,
D A
An eagle flies at sunrise, 'cross an aspen grove and back,
Bm7 A D
And the moonlight brings a blue coyote choir.
Chorus: - Break; G6 Bm7 D A7 A A7 Bm7 A6 D
D
In dreams of mile high cotton fields,
A
We once ran barefoot through,
Bm7 A D
My dead drunk Uncle Fireball growls these words,
A Bm7 A
"Blood don't make a family, boy, and I've got news for you,
Bm7 A D
Rattlesnakes don't sing like speckled birds"
Chorus:
G A D
Are you ready for the long journey home,
G A D
The flatlands, swamps and bayou’s in your bones,
G A
The simple life tastes sweeter now,
D G
You have no need to roam,
D A D
Are you ready for the long journey home?
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