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Clay Pigeons
originally by Blaze Foley
Home recording
Clay Pigeons - Capo 4th fret
INTRO
G->C/G->G->D11/F#->G
I'm goin' down to the Greyhound station, gonna get a ticket to ride
G C/G
I'm gonna find that lady with two or three kids, and sit down by her side
G D11/F#
Ride 'til the sun comes up and down 'round, 'bout two or three times
G C
Smokin' cigarettes in the last seat... sing a song for the people I meet
G D11/F#
And get along with it all... where the people say "Y'all"
G C/G
Sing a song with a friend... change the shape that I'm in
G D11/F#
And get back in the game, and start playin' again
G C/G G D11/F#
I'd like to stay, but I might have to go to start over again...
G C/G
I might go back down to Texas, or go to somewhere that I've never been...
G D11/F#
And get up in the mornin' and go out at night, and I won't have to go home...
G C/G
Get used to being alone... change the words to this song...
G D11/F#
And start singin' again
G C/G G D11/F#
[instrumental verse]
I'm tired of running 'round looking for answers to questions that I already know...
G C/G
I could build me a castle of memories, just to have somewhere to go...
G D11/F#
Count the days and the nights that it takes to get back in the saddle again...
G C/G
Feed the pigeons some clay... turn the night into day...
G D11/F#
And start talking again, when I know what to say
G C/G G D11/F#
I'm going down to the Greyhound station, gonna get a ticket to ride...
G C/G
I'm gonna find that lady with two or three kids, and sit down by her side....
G D11/F#
Ride 'til the sun comes up and down, 'round 'bout two or three times...
G C/G
Smoking cigarettes in the last seat... sing my song for the people I meet...
G D11/F#
And get along with it all... where the people say "Y'all"...
G C/G
Feed the pigeons some clay... turn the night into day...
G D11/F#
And start talking again, when I know what to say
G C/G G D11/F#
[Outro]
Transcribed by ear for my own playing — capos and voicings are what I use, not gospel. ← back to the music