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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[Intro]
G C G C
[Verse]
G C
To celebrate undying faith, we’re gathered here like drifted wrecks
G D
for a late September wedding, October breathing down our necks.
G C
I knew this town in another time. I knew this town a younger man
G D
with the world in my hip pocket a subway token in my hand.
G C G C
Mmm you got to me.
[Verse]
G C
And they got candlelight and a reggae band, champagne by the bucket load
G D
Limos lined up down the curb to take us where we need to go.
G C
And I need to go somewhere I’ve been to find a place I lost the trail
G D
Way back then so long ago I don’t suppose you even know
[Chorus]
G
You got to me.
C G C
Brought all this empty down on top of me.
G C G C
You got to me.
[Verse]
G C
We danced between the snowflakes falling, tripping on the cobblestones
G D
And the trolley tracks, we had it all then, Christmas break your roommates gone
G C
We stoked the fire and let it burn till the embers glowed in the morning light
G D
Trust in the tangle of skin on skins I’ve not known quite that feeling since
[Chorus]
G
You got to me.
C G
Brought all this empty down on top of me.
C G C D G C G C
I didn’t know but we were not to be, but I know a thing or two now.
[Verse]
G C
The wedding party’s raging yet, how the old and desperate misbehave
G D
Limo smells like cocaine sweat, cheap cologne and aftershave
G C
It’s gotta be one of these row house doors I knew the number long ago
G D
I step out on the curb. Tell the driver just go on and go.
[Chorus]
G
You got to me.
C G
Brought all this empty down on top of me.
C G C D G C
I didn’t know but we were not to be, but I know a thing or two now.
[Interlude]
G C G C G C
[Verse]
G C
The paper boy wants a smoke, leans his bike against a tree
G D
He’s tired and cold and broke and he don’t what to make of me
G C
Standing here in my three piece suit, standing here just like I am
G D
With my vest unbuttoned and my neck tie loose, impervious to all abuse
[Chorus]
G
You got to me.
C G
Brought all this empty down on top of me.
C G C D G
Off on a thousand dollar odyssey, and I know a thing or two now.
C D G
Yeah I know a thing or two now.
C D G C D G
Yeah I know a thing or two now.
G C G C
[Verse]
G C
To celebrate undying faith, we’re gathered here like drifted wrecks
G D
for a late September wedding, October breathing down our necks.
G C
I knew this town in another time. I knew this town a younger man
G D
with the world in my hip pocket a subway token in my hand.
G C G C
Mmm you got to me.
[Verse]
G C
And they got candlelight and a reggae band, champagne by the bucket load
G D
Limos lined up down the curb to take us where we need to go.
G C
And I need to go somewhere I’ve been to find a place I lost the trail
G D
Way back then so long ago I don’t suppose you even know
[Chorus]
G
You got to me.
C G C
Brought all this empty down on top of me.
G C G C
You got to me.
[Verse]
G C
We danced between the snowflakes falling, tripping on the cobblestones
G D
And the trolley tracks, we had it all then, Christmas break your roommates gone
G C
We stoked the fire and let it burn till the embers glowed in the morning light
G D
Trust in the tangle of skin on skins I’ve not known quite that feeling since
[Chorus]
G
You got to me.
C G
Brought all this empty down on top of me.
C G C D G C G C
I didn’t know but we were not to be, but I know a thing or two now.
[Verse]
G C
The wedding party’s raging yet, how the old and desperate misbehave
G D
Limo smells like cocaine sweat, cheap cologne and aftershave
G C
It’s gotta be one of these row house doors I knew the number long ago
G D
I step out on the curb. Tell the driver just go on and go.
[Chorus]
G
You got to me.
C G
Brought all this empty down on top of me.
C G C D G C
I didn’t know but we were not to be, but I know a thing or two now.
[Interlude]
G C G C G C
[Verse]
G C
The paper boy wants a smoke, leans his bike against a tree
G D
He’s tired and cold and broke and he don’t what to make of me
G C
Standing here in my three piece suit, standing here just like I am
G D
With my vest unbuttoned and my neck tie loose, impervious to all abuse
[Chorus]
G
You got to me.
C G
Brought all this empty down on top of me.
C G C D G
Off on a thousand dollar odyssey, and I know a thing or two now.
C D G
Yeah I know a thing or two now.
C D G C D G
Yeah I know a thing or two now.
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