Date: 2/26/99; 7:18:30 PM From: "Mark and Allison Albert" Subject: l/lovett_lyle/ballad_of_the_snow_leopard.tab BALLAD OF THE SNOW LEOPARD AND THE TANQUERAY COWBOY written by David Rodriguez (1998) performed by Lyle Lovett on STEP INSIDE THIS HOUSE (1998) transcribed by Mark Albert markalbert@pipeline.com see suggested chord fingerings below INTRO (see TAB below) VERSE 1 D D/C# Comfort me said she D/C With your conversation G/B With the cocktails Bb And the candlelight D In your eyes D D/C# It's funny how we hunger D/C For some inspiration G/B And everything else Bb D That money just won't buy G A Bm Men have lied A G Many good girls have gone astray G D Just to hear the gypsy play D A A#dim7 One more lilting cowboy tune Bm And as the rivers run dry A G And the mountains blow away G D They sing of lovers and how they lay A G Beneath this crazy frontier moon VERSE 2 I ain't no golden boy I ain't no Grecian dancer And I an't no loud mouthed cowboy From the West I'm not that kind of man With all the answers But I surely know the songs That suit me best But lately I've had something on my mind It's growing stronger all the time Calling out when I'm alone But I'm a poet And I'm bound to walk the line Between the real and the sublime And give the muses back their own BRIDGE (see TAB below) VERSE 3 It's a penny for your thoughts It's a dollar for your kisses Keep a running tab on the time 'Cause what I've got the most of Is what she misses The clock is here The hourglass is mine But I'm her lover Not a man bent on revenge Hanging out here on the fringe Of my native borderlands Counting the days The sun shone golden across her head Lying on the banks of the bayou's edge Kicking up some Southeast Texas sand CODA Comfort me said she With your conversation With the cocktails And the candlelight In your eyes It's funny how we hunger For some inspiration And everything else That money just won't buy And everything else That money just won't buy INTRO, BRIDGE AND CODA TAB 6 string = D __ ________ ________ __ __ __ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |------2-------5-----|-7--5--------5----------|--------------------| |------3-------7-----|--\/---5--7-----5-------|------------0-------| |------2----------7--|---P----\/---------7----|-------0-2-------2--| |--------------------|---------H------------0-|----0---\/----0---\-| |--------------------|------------------------|-3-------H----------| |-0--------0---------|------------------------|--------------------| _____ __ _____ _____ _____ __ ________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------------|---0--------0-----|-0-1-0---------------------| |---3---------------|-------3--3---3---|--\/\/-3-----3--3----------| |-2-----2---------0-|-----0--\/------0-|---H-P--------\/---3-----0-| |/----0--------0----|---------T--------|----------0----T------3----| |T---------3--------|-2----------------|-1-------------------------| |-------------------|------------------|---------------------------| ___________ ___________ ___ ___ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |--------------------------------|-------------0---0---------------| |-----------------------------3--|---------------\/----3-----------| |-----2---------------2---4------|----------------T--------2-------| |-------------2---4--------------|---------0-----------------------| |--------------\/----------------|---------------------------------| |-0-------0-----H----------------|--0------------------------------| SUGGESTED CHORD FINGERING (6 string = D) D D/C# D/C G/B Bb D |--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--2---|| |--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3---|| |--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--2---|| |--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--3--|--0---|| |-----|--4--|--3--|--2--|--1--|--0---|| |-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--0---|| G A Bm D A#dim7 |--3--| |--0--| |--2--| |--2--| |--0--| |--3--| |--2--| |--3--| |--3--| |--2--| |--0--| |--2--| |--4--| |--2--| |--0--| |--0--| |--2--| |--4--| |--0--| |--2--| |--x--| |--0--| |--2--| |--0--| |--1--| |--5--| |-----| |-----| |--0--| |-----| NOTES: H = hammer on P = pull off T = tied note