TYSON IAN - "goodnight loving trail" Tablature

From: Barrie McCombs <bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca>

GOODNIGHT LOVING TRAIL Time: 3/4 Tenor: D Bass: C
- Bruce "Utah" Phillips, 1973, on: Starlight on the Rails
- Record: Ian Tyson, "Ian Tyson" (1984), Key: D#


1 * 57 *
Too old to wrangle or ride on the swing
* * 1 *
You beat the tri-angle and you curse every-thing
* * 4 * (*)
If dirt was a kingdom, then you'd be the king____


CHORUS:
1 57 1 4 (*)
On the Goodnight Trail, on the Loving Trail____
1 * 57 *
Our old woman's lonesome to-night____
1 57 1 4 (*)
Your French Harp blows like a lone bawling calf____
1 6m 2m 57
It's a wonder the wind don't tear off your skin
* * 4 1
Get in there and blow out the light____


1 * 57 *
With your snake oil and herbs and your liniments too
* * 1 *
You can do any-thing that a doctor can do
* * 4 * (*)
Ex-cept find a cure for your own goddamn stew____


1 * 57 *
The cook-fire's gone out and the coffee's all gone
* * 1 *
The boys are all up and we're raising the dawn
* * 4 * (*)
You're still sitting there all lost in a song____

1 * 57 *
I know that some-day that I'll be just the same
* * 1 *
Wearing an apron in-stead of a name
* * 4 * (*)
But no one can change it and no one's to blame____

'Cause the desert's a book writ in lizards and sage
It's easy to look like an old torn-out page
All faded and cracked with the colors of age


NOTES:
- Goodnight-Loving Trail: named for Charles Goodnight & Oliver Loving
- It ran from Texas to Denver, Colorado; then on to Cheyenne, Wyoming
SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure

CHORDS (Number System):
- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Key of C: C D E F G A B
- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt

- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)