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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Album: Childish Things
Capo 2nd fret
G C G
Mama keeps tryin? to get the game on the radio
D/F# G
Daddy?s gotta know the score
C G
There?s a big yellow thing on a flat bed trailer
D/F# G
Wonder what that thing?s for
G C G
We got towels rolled up in the back seat window
D/F# G
Keeping us out of the sun
C G
Just a hundred more miles and we?ll be at grand ma?s
D/F# G
Sure is gonna be fun
G C G
Maybe she?ll take us fish in?
D/F# G
Maybe she?ll bake us a pie
C G
Remember like she did that one time
D/F# G
Back before grandpa died
C G
It?s Memorial Day in America
D/F# G
Everybody?s on the road
C G
Let?s remember our fallen heroes
D/F# G
Y?all be sure and drive slow
G C G
Ninety eight degrees in the shade of the tool shed
D/F# G
Can?t go back in the house
C G
They?re all in the kitchen yellin? ?bout some thing
D/F# G
Don?t know what it?s about
G C G
Joey ?n Mary said not to worry
D/F# G
Said it?s just the same old fight
C G
Happens whenever they all get together
D/F# G
Everything?s really alright
C G
It?s Memorial Day in America
D/F# G
This is how it?s supposed to be
C G
Let?s remember our fallen heroes
D/F# G
In the land of the free
G C G
Daddy?s in the big chair sippin? on a cold beer
D/F# G
Grandma?s cuttin? a switch
C G
She overheard Mary cussin? her brother
D/F# G
Called him a son of a b***h
C G
She got a good green limb off a sweet gum sapling
D/F# G
Man that?s bound to sting
C G
But Mary don?t cry just stands there and takes it
D/F# G
Doesn?t seem to feel a thing
G C G
No Mary don?t cry, you know she?s a big girl
D/F# G
Wonder what made her so mad
C G
She takes those licks looking in through the den door
D/F# G
Staring right straight at her dad
Fiddle solo..
G C G
There?s a big yellow thing on a flat bed trailer
D/F# G
Daddy nearly hit that bird
They?re both in the front seat
C G
Starin? right straight ahead
D/F# G
Neither one saying a word
G C G
The sun?s going down in the rear view mirror
D/F# G
Gonna be driving all night
C G
Wonder if the neighbor?s fed the canary
D/F# G
Wonder if the cat?s alright
C G
It?s Memorial Day in America
D/F# G
Everybody?s on the road
C G
Let?s remember our fallen heroes
D/F# G
Y?all be sure and drive slow
C G
It?s Memorial Day in America
D/F# G
This is how it?s supposed to be
C G
Let?s remember our fallen heroes
D/F# G
In the land of the free
Capo 2nd fret
G C G
Mama keeps tryin? to get the game on the radio
D/F# G
Daddy?s gotta know the score
C G
There?s a big yellow thing on a flat bed trailer
D/F# G
Wonder what that thing?s for
G C G
We got towels rolled up in the back seat window
D/F# G
Keeping us out of the sun
C G
Just a hundred more miles and we?ll be at grand ma?s
D/F# G
Sure is gonna be fun
G C G
Maybe she?ll take us fish in?
D/F# G
Maybe she?ll bake us a pie
C G
Remember like she did that one time
D/F# G
Back before grandpa died
C G
It?s Memorial Day in America
D/F# G
Everybody?s on the road
C G
Let?s remember our fallen heroes
D/F# G
Y?all be sure and drive slow
G C G
Ninety eight degrees in the shade of the tool shed
D/F# G
Can?t go back in the house
C G
They?re all in the kitchen yellin? ?bout some thing
D/F# G
Don?t know what it?s about
G C G
Joey ?n Mary said not to worry
D/F# G
Said it?s just the same old fight
C G
Happens whenever they all get together
D/F# G
Everything?s really alright
C G
It?s Memorial Day in America
D/F# G
This is how it?s supposed to be
C G
Let?s remember our fallen heroes
D/F# G
In the land of the free
G C G
Daddy?s in the big chair sippin? on a cold beer
D/F# G
Grandma?s cuttin? a switch
C G
She overheard Mary cussin? her brother
D/F# G
Called him a son of a b***h
C G
She got a good green limb off a sweet gum sapling
D/F# G
Man that?s bound to sting
C G
But Mary don?t cry just stands there and takes it
D/F# G
Doesn?t seem to feel a thing
G C G
No Mary don?t cry, you know she?s a big girl
D/F# G
Wonder what made her so mad
C G
She takes those licks looking in through the den door
D/F# G
Staring right straight at her dad
Fiddle solo..
G C G
There?s a big yellow thing on a flat bed trailer
D/F# G
Daddy nearly hit that bird
They?re both in the front seat
C G
Starin? right straight ahead
D/F# G
Neither one saying a word
G C G
The sun?s going down in the rear view mirror
D/F# G
Gonna be driving all night
C G
Wonder if the neighbor?s fed the canary
D/F# G
Wonder if the cat?s alright
C G
It?s Memorial Day in America
D/F# G
Everybody?s on the road
C G
Let?s remember our fallen heroes
D/F# G
Y?all be sure and drive slow
C G
It?s Memorial Day in America
D/F# G
This is how it?s supposed to be
C G
Let?s remember our fallen heroes
D/F# G
In the land of the free
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