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West Texas Highway

Lyle Lovett

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WEST TEXAS HIGHWAY By: Michael Martin Murphy and Boomer Castleman Recorded by: Lyle Lovett Album: Step Inside this House F7 Now I was a`driving down A West Texas highway Bb7 I seen a hitchhiker E7 His thumb was pointin my way F7 He didn't look suspicious D G7 C7 He didn't look any too clean F7 So I, I put on my brakes And I opened up the door Bb7 I could tell he was a bum E7 By the boots he wore F7 D He said I'm going down to Haskell G7 C7 F7 Bb7 F7 C7 Got a woman back in Abilene. F7 He told me son East Texas Is where I come from Bb7 I been ridin' that Jacksonville Rodeo E7 And I got humdrum F7 I'm travelling around D G7 C7 A whole lot of Texas I've seen F7 Yes and I'm, I'm mighty glad You was pushin' down my way Bb7 In your fancy clothes E7 And this shiny Chevrolet F7 D Said I'm going down to Haskell G7 C7 F7 Bb7 C7 Got a woman back in Abilene. --- Dobro / Piano leads F7 You know he was grinning like a possum And a mighty happy rascal Bb7 He waved good-bye E7 When I let him out in Haskell F7 And that's about the last D Of that road tramp G7 C7 That I've ever seen F7 But you know that I'm still wishing To this very day Bb7 That he had my clothes E7 And this shiny Chevrolet F7 D And it was me going to Haskell G7 C7 F7 Bb7 F7 With a woman down in Abilene. F7 But you know that I'm still wishing To this very day Bb7 That he had my clothes E7 And this shiny 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.
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