Shirley's Stables
By Stephen Simmons
Written By: Stephen Simmons
CD: Last Call (2004)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
2/21/2015


Requested by: buckshot5792 on 2/17/2015


Capo 1

G                                     D/F#
I hardly take the old road since they built the Interstate
       Em                                         C 
Man, I don’t know what possessed me, guess I just felt like riding today
G                           D
I see Shirley’s Stables all boarded up and let go
Em                                 C                   G 
Truth be known that’s why I always take the Interstate home


Ten years ago these stables were home to the best thoroughbreds in the land
Danny named this farm for Shirley that he built with his own hands
And Danny was my best friend but there was talk all over town
Danny was a jealous man and things were starting to get out


Chorus:
Am                                     C
The weeds have all grown up out in the pastures
Am                         Em 
Where nobody ever rides at all
G                                            D
The barn ain’t nothing but an empty stack of stalls
              C                                          D
But there’s a ghost in Shirley’s Stables that haunts the hills and the dreams of us all


I still remember where I was the day they called the law
I was out back in the main barn shoeing a mare that we just bought
Sheriff had a lot of questions, said they found Shirley dead that night
Found a bullet in her chest matched the one in Danny’s 45

Chorus

Solo

Bridge:

Bm                     A            G
Sometimes I miss those days and the horses that I used to train
        D                             Em
Working on my best friend’s farm that shared Shirley’s name
Bm                     A              G   
Sometimes I miss those nights and the way that Shirley held me tight
         D                             C 
Yeah the times that we’d hide out, the time that she was mine


Chorus


I hardly take the old road since they built the Interstate
Man I don’t know what possessed me, guess I just felt like riding today