From: rickl1@ix.netcom.com Lucy Kaplansky Return Of The Grievous Angel written by Gram Parsons Lucy kaplansky vocals Larry Campbell steel guitar/fiddle/mandolin/dobro/guitar Zev Katz bass Frank Vilardi drums John Gorka background vocals G C G Won't you scratch my itch sweet Annie Rich G D G And welcome me back to town G C G Come out on your porch or I'll step into your parlour A D And I'll tell you how it all went down G G7 C Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels G C And a good saloon in every single town C D G And I remember something that you once told me C D G And I'll be damned if it did not come true C D G Bm Em Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down C D G And they all lead me straight back home to you Bm C D G Cause I headed West to grow up with the country Em D G Across those prairies with those waves of grain Bm C D G And I saw my devil, and I saw my deep blue sea C D C D G And I thought about a calico bonnet from Cheyenne to Tennesee G C G We flew straight across that river bridge, D G Last night half past two G C G A The switchman waved his lantern goodbye and good day as we D Went rolling through G G7 C Billboards and truckstops pass by the grievous angel G D G And I know just what I have to do SOLO Bm C D G And the man on the radio won't leave me alone Em D He wants to take my money for something that G I've never been shown Bm C D G And I saw my devil, and I saw my deep blue see C D C D G And I thought about a calico bonnet from Cheyenne to Tennesee G C G The news I could bring I met up with the king D G On his head an amphetamine crown C G He talked about unbuckling that old bible belt A7 D And headed out for some desert town G G7 C Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels G C And a good saloon in every single town C D G And I remember something that you once told me C D G And I'll be damned if it did not come true C D G Bm Em Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down C D G And they all lead me straight back home to you C D G Bm Em Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down C D G And they all lead me straight back home to you Wait And See Music (BMI) 1974 From Lucy Kaplanksi Flesh And Bone CD Red House Records 1996