KEEN JR ROBERT EARL - "the front porch song" Tablature

From: trey@terminator.tamu.edu (John S Graves)
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Front Porch Song

by Robert Earl Keen, Jr. and Lyle Lovett

from Robert Earl Keen's album No Kinda Dancer

>From Trey Graves ( trey@terminator.tamu.edu )

G Em C D

G Em
This old porch is just a big ol' red ...
C D
Standin' under a mesquite tree in ...
G Em
He just keeps on playing hide ...
C D G
He's sweatin' and a pantin' ...
Em
Oh no
C D
He's got them cows and ....

This old porch is just a steaming ....

This old porch is a palace walk-....


First solo, adapted for guitar (mandolin on the album)
begins at " and old movie pictures"

There's another solo I will tab if anybody's interested.

s:slide

G Em C
--------------|-------------------------|-------------15-17-15-20-17-15-
--------------|-------------------12-15-|13-----15-17-------------------
--16-14-12-15-|14-12---------12-14------|-------------------------------
--------------|------14----14-----------|-------------------------------
--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------
--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------

*little puase, come in on down beat
D
*17-15-|--17-15-----------------------------------------
-------|17------17-15---14------------------------------
-------|--------------16---16-14----------------14-16---
-------|-------------------------16----14-16-17---------
-------|----------------------------17------------------
-------|------------------------------------------------

G Em
|---------------------------------------------|----------------
|-15---15-------15----------------------------|----------------
|----16---16-14---16-14---16-14-------12---12-|----------------
|-----------------------17------17-14----12---|16-14-12---14---
|---------------------------------------------|---------14-----
|---------------------------------------------|----------------

C
-----------------------------|----------------15-17-15-(17)s20--
-----------------------------|13---13---15s17-------------------
-----------------12---12--12-|----------------------------------
-12--12-14-12-14---14---14---|----------------------------------
---14------------------------|----------------------------------
-----------------------------|----------------------------------

D G
-17-|20----------------------------------------------|-----------
----|---17-18s19-17-15-------------------------------|-----------
----|-------------------16-14---16-14----------------|-----------
----|-------------------------16------16-14-16-14-16-|17---------
----|------------------------------------------------|-----------
----|------------------------------------------------|-----------