Steve Earle

^G Hey pretty baby are you ready for me
It's your good rockin' daddy down from ^C Tennessee
Riff

^D I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone
With the ^C radio blastin' and the bird dog on
Riff:

^G There's a speed trap up ahead in Selma Town
But no local yokel gonna ^C shut me down
Riff

^D 'Cause me and my boys got this rig unwound
And we've c ^C ome a thousand miles from a Guitar T ^G own
Solo:1

Verse:2
^G Nothin' ever happened 'round my hometown
And I ain't the kind to just ^C hang around
Riff

^D But I heard someone callin' my name one day
And I ^C followed that voice down the lost highway
^G Everybody told me you can't get far
On thirty-seven dollars and a ^C jap guitar
Riff

^D Now I'm smokin' into Texas with the hammer down
And a ^C rockin' little combo from the Guitar ^G Town
Solo 2 (the same as solo 1)

^D Hey pretty baby don't you know it ain't my fault
I l ^C ove to hear the steel belts h ^G ummin' on the asphalt
^D Wake up in the middle of the night in a truck stop
C D7 (or D)
Stumble in the restaurant wonderin' why I don't stop
^G Gotta keep rockin' why I still can
I gotta two pack habit and a ^C motel tan
Riff

^D But when my boots hit the boards I'm a brand new man
^C With my back to the riser I make my stand
(drums stop)
^G Hey pretty baby won't you hold me tight
C C G D (no riff here)
We're loadin' up and rollin' out of here tonight
^D One of these days I'm gonna settle down
^C And take you back with me to the Guitar ^G Town
Solo:3

| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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