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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