Tarpaper Sky.
Rodney Crowell.
Album: Tarpaper Sky

D                                            A
We ran off chasing rainbows, 'Neath the blue Montana sky,
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And we self proclaimed our freedom with a roar, 
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We crossed those raging rivers, 
       A
And we drank the taverns dry,
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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, 
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You have no need to roam,
        D             A            D
Are you ready for the long journey home?

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The wind down off the Yellowstone, 
      A
Blows coal trains off their tracks,
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And the water springs eternal from the fire,
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An eagle flies at sunrise, 'cross an aspen grove and back,
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And the moonlight brings a blue coyote choir.

Chorus: - Break;  G6 Bm7 D A7 A A7 Bm7 A6 D

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In dreams of mile high cotton fields, 
   A
We once ran barefoot through,
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My dead drunk Uncle Fireball growls these words,
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"Blood don't make a family, boy, and I've got news for you,
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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?