Biography:
James McMurtry (born March 18, 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a Texas rock/Texas Country singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader and occasional actor (Daisy Miller, Lonesome Dove). He performs as James McMurtry And The Heartless Bastards with veteran bandmates and rhythm section Darren Hess and Ronnie Johnson (not to be confused with the Cincinnati, OH, band Heartless Bastards).
The son of acclaimed author Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove, Terms of Endearment), James grew up on a steady diet of Johnny Cash and Roy Acuff records.
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Other songs:
- Broken Bed
- Charlemagnes Home Town
- Childish Things
- Choctaw Bingo
- Copper Canteen
- Crazy Wind
- Dont Waste Away
- Fast As I Can Acoustic
- Fireline Road
- Fuller Brush Man
- Gulf Road
- Hands Like Rain
- Hurricane Party
- Iolanthe
- Lights Of Cheyenne
- Lost In The Backyard
- Memorial Day
- Out Here In The Middle
- Painting By Numbers
- Pocatello
- Ruby And Carlos
- State Of The Union
- Too Long In The Wasteland
- Walk Between The Raindrops
- We Cant Make It Here
- We Cant Make It Here Anymore
- Wheres Johnny
- You Got To Me
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Tuning is EBEAC#F# - this may look compliicated, but essentially it's a Capo on the 2nd fret, but leaving
the bottom E string open. You need a certain type of Capo to do this (like a Schubb or a G7), but it's a great
tuning to learn and works well for many songs containing D shapes at the second fret.
Em7 (020230)
[Intro]
Dsus2 Asus4 Em7 Dsus2
[Verse 1]
Asus4
Aunt Clara kept her Bible right next to the phone
G Dsus2
In case she needed a quote, while she talked to someone
Asus4
In my memory she smiles while the blessing is said
G Dsus2
And visions of freeze tag dance in my head
Asus4
She says I'll grow up big if I eat all my roast
G Dsus2
I'll still believe in heaven but I won't believe in ghosts anymore
Asus4 G Dsus2
I'll put away childish things, I'll put away childish things
[Verse 2]
Asus4
Every other weekend, age of thirteen
G Dsus2
With my fishin pole and my Field and Stream
Asus4
Ridin back home on the Trailways bus
G Dsus2
I looked out the window til I saw too much
Asus4
And I called my parents by their own first name
G Dsus2
I played in the alley, but I didn't play the game anymore
Asus4 G Dsus2
I put away childish things, I put away childish things
[Chorus]
Bm G
The wolves howl all night long
D A
They won't stop and they won't go home
Bm G D A
Beneath my window they run
Bm G
And probably it'll be alright
D A
If I keep it locked up tight and
Em7 G Dsus2
Wait til daylight comes
[Solo]
Bm G D A
Bm G D A
Bm G D A
Em7 G Dsus2
[Verse 3]
Asus4
Now my boy goes like a house on fire
G Dsus2
He'll never burn out and he'll never retire
Asus4
And I remember when I used to think like that
G Dsus2
When I was young and the world was flat
Asus4
But I'm 40 some years old now and man I don't care
G Dsus2
All I want now is just a comfortable chair
Asus4
And to sell all my stock and live on the coast
G Dsus2
I dont believe in heaven but I still believe in ghosts
Asus4 G
I've put away childish things, I've put away childish things,
Asus4 G Dsus2
I've put away childish things, I've put away childish things
[Chorus]
Bm G
The wolves howl all night long
D A
They won't stop and they won't go home
Bm G D A
Beneath my window they run
Bm G
And probably it'll be alright
D A
If I keep it locked up tight and
Em7 G Dsus2
Wait til daylight comes
Em7 G Dsus2
If I wait til daylight comes
[Outro]
Em7 G Dsus2
Em7 G Dsus2
the bottom E string open. You need a certain type of Capo to do this (like a Schubb or a G7), but it's a great
tuning to learn and works well for many songs containing D shapes at the second fret.
Em7 (020230)
[Intro]
Dsus2 Asus4 Em7 Dsus2
[Verse 1]
Asus4
Aunt Clara kept her Bible right next to the phone
G Dsus2
In case she needed a quote, while she talked to someone
Asus4
In my memory she smiles while the blessing is said
G Dsus2
And visions of freeze tag dance in my head
Asus4
She says I'll grow up big if I eat all my roast
G Dsus2
I'll still believe in heaven but I won't believe in ghosts anymore
Asus4 G Dsus2
I'll put away childish things, I'll put away childish things
[Verse 2]
Asus4
Every other weekend, age of thirteen
G Dsus2
With my fishin pole and my Field and Stream
Asus4
Ridin back home on the Trailways bus
G Dsus2
I looked out the window til I saw too much
Asus4
And I called my parents by their own first name
G Dsus2
I played in the alley, but I didn't play the game anymore
Asus4 G Dsus2
I put away childish things, I put away childish things
[Chorus]
Bm G
The wolves howl all night long
D A
They won't stop and they won't go home
Bm G D A
Beneath my window they run
Bm G
And probably it'll be alright
D A
If I keep it locked up tight and
Em7 G Dsus2
Wait til daylight comes
[Solo]
Bm G D A
Bm G D A
Bm G D A
Em7 G Dsus2
[Verse 3]
Asus4
Now my boy goes like a house on fire
G Dsus2
He'll never burn out and he'll never retire
Asus4
And I remember when I used to think like that
G Dsus2
When I was young and the world was flat
Asus4
But I'm 40 some years old now and man I don't care
G Dsus2
All I want now is just a comfortable chair
Asus4
And to sell all my stock and live on the coast
G Dsus2
I dont believe in heaven but I still believe in ghosts
Asus4 G
I've put away childish things, I've put away childish things,
Asus4 G Dsus2
I've put away childish things, I've put away childish things
[Chorus]
Bm G
The wolves howl all night long
D A
They won't stop and they won't go home
Bm G D A
Beneath my window they run
Bm G
And probably it'll be alright
D A
If I keep it locked up tight and
Em7 G Dsus2
Wait til daylight comes
Em7 G Dsus2
If I wait til daylight comes
[Outro]
Em7 G Dsus2
Em7 G Dsus2
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