Lyle Lovett
West Texas Highway
Correction

From:    "Tim Barnes" <trbarnes@hotmail.com>


Thanks Tim!!!


Hello there,

Thanks for you great site. I originally got the West Texas Highway tab from 
your site but did'nt think the chords sounded right. I messed around a bit 
listening to the CD and this is what I came up with (I also changed the 
lyrics to match the CD).

Thanks again!

Tim Barnes
Toronto, Ontario
trbarnes@hotmail.com

WEST TEXAS HIGHWAY
By: Michael Martin Murphy and Boomer Castleman
Recorded by: Lyle Lovett Album: Step Inside this House

          F7
Now I was driving down

A West Texas highway
  Bb7
I saw a hitchhiker
        E7
And his thumb was pointing my way
F7
He didn't look suspicious
    D                      G7 C7
And he didn't look any too clean
     F7
So I put on my brakes

And I opened my door
        Bb7
I could tell he was a bum
             E7
By the muddy boots he wore
            F7            D
He said I'm going down to Haskell
G7                  C7  F7  Bb7 F7 C7
Got a woman down in Abilene.
        F7
He said son East Texas

Is where I come from
Bb7
I was working a rodeo out there
       E7
And it sure got humdrum
   F7
So I'm just traveling around
  D                       G7 C7
A whole lot of Texas I've seen


    F7
I'm mighty glad

You were going my way
        Bb7
In your brand new clothes there
         E7
And your great big Chevrolet
F7                D
I'm going down to Haskell
G7                  C7  F7  Bb7 C7
Got a woman back in Abilene.

            F7
Well he was grinning like a possum

And a mighty happy rascal
       Bb7
And he waved good-bye
       E7
When I let him out in Haskell
    F7
And that's about the last
            D
Of that old road tramp
           G7 C7
I ever did see
    F7
But I'm still wishing

To this very day
     Bb7
That he had my clothes
       E7
And my big Chevrolet
           F7          D
And it was me going to Haskell
       G7            C7 F7 Bb7 F7/E7-F7 (slide up)
With a woman down in Abilene.