#----------------------------------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: fredh@cv.hp.com (Fred Handloser) Subject: CRDPRO: Too Long In The Wastland - James McMurtry Someone was looking for some James McMurtry songs. I transcribed this some time ago. Corrections welcome. ==================================================================== {t:Too Long In The Wasteland} {st:James McMurtry} [D]Hear the trucks on the highway, And the tickin' of the clocks There's a ghost of a moon in the afternoon, Bullet holes in the mailbox [G] Bullet holes in the mailbox, Keyholes in my mind [D] [Bb] Too long in the wasteland, [A] Too long in the wasteland I've [D]fallin' behind [D]She said won't you come see me, When the sun goes down It'll be just like the old days, When I used to let you hang around [G] Well I don't know, I might not speak the language any more [D] [Bb] Too long in the wasteland, [A] Too long in the wasteland I've [D]closed some doors [D]People in the village, Watch the children play At the sight of a stranger, They call the kids away [G] Just leave that man alone, I hear the mothers say [D] [Bb] Too long in the wasteland, [A] Too long in the wasteland What's [D]made him that way [D]I hadn't intended, To bend the rules Wiskey dont make liers, It just makes fools [G] So I didn't mean to say it, But I meant what I said [D] [Bb] Too long in the wasteland, [A] Too long in the wasteland Must have [D]gone to my head {comment: Instrumental with some vocal sounds } [D]Jet trails in the sunset, a long way away cuttin' cross the horizon, At the edge of the day [G] And it calls out to me, Come fly away, I've been [D] [Bb] Too long in the wasteland, [A] Too long in the wasteland I believe I'll [D]have to stay [Bb] Too long in the wasteland, [A] Too long in the wasteland I'll [D]have to stay {comment: Final instrumental } [D] There's a ghost of a moon in the afternoon Bullet holes in the mailbox [G] Bullet holes in the mailbox [D]