This Old Porch Lyle Lovett
Intro)
G Em C D (X2)
This old [G]porch is like a big old red and white [Em]Hereford bull
Standing [C]under a mesquite tree
[D]Out in Agua Dulce
And he just [G]keeps on playing hide and seek
With that [Em]hot August sun
Just a-[C]sweatin' and a-pantin'
Cause his [D]work is never done
And this old [G]porch is like a steaming, greasy [Em]plate of enchiladas
With [C]lots of cheese and onions
And a [D]guacamole salad
And you can [G]get'em down at the LaSalle Hotel
In [Em]old downtown
With [C]iced tea and a waitress
And she will [D]smile every time
And this old [G]porch is the Palace walk-in
On the [Em]main street of Texas
That's [C]never seen the day
Of [D]G and R and Xs
With that [G]'62 poster
That's [Em]almost faded down
And a [C]screen without a picture
Since [G]Giant came to town
G Em C D (X2)
And this old [G]porch is like a weathered, gray-haired
[Em]Seventy years of Texas
Who's [C]doing all he can
Not to [D]give in to the city
And he [G]always takes the rent late
So [Em]long as I run the cattle
And [C]he picks me up at dinnertime
And I [D]listen to him rattle
He says the [G]Brazos still runs muddy
Just like [Em]she's run all along
And there ain't [C]never been no cane to grind
[D]The cotton's all but gone
And you know this [G]brand new Chevrolet
Hell it was [Em]something back in '60
But now there [C]won't nobody listen to him
'Cause [D]they all think he's crazy
And this old [G]porch is just a long time
[Em]Of waiting and forgetting
And re[C]membering the coming back
And not [D]crying about the leaving
And re[G]membering the falling down
And the [Em]laughter of the curse of luck
From [C]all of those passers-by
Who [D]said we'd never get back up
[G] [Em] [C] [D]
This old [G]porch is just a long time
[Em]Of waiting and forgetting
And [C]remembering the coming back
And not [D]crying about the leaving
And re[G]membering the falling down
And the [Em]laughter of the curse of luck
From [C]all of those sons-of-b**ches
Who [D]said we'd never get back up
(Outro)
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