Walk Through The Bottomland


#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: snd0@gov.nt.ca (Shaun Dean) Walk Throught the Bottomland - Lyle Lovett C F G C A New Jersey lady I knew long ago F Em G7 And she was a lady I say C F G C But she met a cowboy who rode on a rodeo F G C And he stole her heart straight away C F G C The New Jersey lady she loved him so true F Em G7 Another love she never had C F G C But cowboys are lonesome and cowboys are blue F G C And they make the ladies so sad F C Chorus: Sing me a melody F C Sing me a blues F C G C Walk through the bottomland without no shoes F C The Brazos she's running scared F C She heard the news F C G C Walk through the bottomland without no shoes C F G C The New Jersey lady knew he loved her too F Em G7 And you know she tried to hold on C F G C But the rodeo life was the life that he knew F G C He had to keep drifting along C F G C She never married and she never would F Em G7 And all of the people they'd say C F G C The New Jersey lady she just ain't no good F G C To follow a cowboy that way Chorus F C G C The lady she'd sing him to sleep in the night F Em G And in the morning he'd go F C G C She loved the darkness and hated the light D G Along with that damn rodeo C F G C The New Jersey lady the day that he died F Em G7 She covered him over with clay C F G C And feeling the wind in the night as she cried F G C She heard the old cowboy say Chorus