Biography:
Jimmy LaFave (born 12 July 1955 in Wills Point, Texas, a small town 30 miles east of Dallas; died May 21, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter. He is best remembered for crafting a musical style called Red Dirt music, which he did after moving to Stillwater, Oklahoma, something which cemented him as a disciple of the state's most famous folk musician: Woody Guthrie.
LaFave began school down the road from Wills Point in Mesquite and by Junior High was making music perched behind his Sears & Roebuck drum kit.
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[Intro]
A D E C#/E# F#m
D C#m Bm9 C#m7 D E
A D E C#/E# F#m
D E A D/A A C#m/G#
F#m Bm7 C#m7 D
C#m7 Bm7 C#m7 E C#/E#
F#m Bm7 C#m7 D
C#m7 Bm7 E
A E/A D E A D/A
[Verse 1]
A E/G#
On a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota
F#m E
I thought I saw you standing there
D E
Snow falling all around you
A E/A D/A A
Like a silent prayer
A E/G#
Once on the streets in New York City
F#m E
With the jazz and the sin in the air
D E
Once on a cold L.A. freeway
A
I was going nowhere
[Chorus]
Dmaj9 C#m
And it's sad, but it's true
D E A
Well I thought it was really you
Dmaj9 C#m
Just a face in the crowd
D E A
On a bus to St. Cloud.
[Verse 2]
(Esus) A E/G#
In a church in downtown New Orleans
F#m E
I got down on my knees and prayed
D E
I wept in the arms of Jesus
A
For the choice you made
(E) A E/G#
We were just getting to the good part baby
F#m
Sliding past the mystery
E D
Oh it's just like you,
E A
Just like you, to disagree
[Chorus]
Dmaj9 C#m
And it's strange, but it's true
D E A
You do slip right, right out of my, out my, view
Dmaj9 C#m
Like a face in the crowd
D E A
On a bus to St. Cloud.
[Bridge]
E/G# F#m C#m
And you chase me like a shadow
D E A
And you haunt me like a ghost
D
And I love you some
C#m
And I hate you some
Bm E
Baby, I miss you, miss you the most
[instrumental]
A E/G#-F#m E - D
E A
[Verse 1]
A E/G#
On a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota
F#m E
I thought I saw you standing there
D E
Snow falling all around you, baby
A E/A A
Like a silent prayer
E/G# F#m E D E A
Hmmm Hmmm
A D E C#/E# F#m
D C#m Bm9 C#m7 D E
A D E C#/E# F#m
D E A D/A A C#m/G#
F#m Bm7 C#m7 D
C#m7 Bm7 C#m7 E C#/E#
F#m Bm7 C#m7 D
C#m7 Bm7 E
A E/A D E A D/A
[Verse 1]
A E/G#
On a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota
F#m E
I thought I saw you standing there
D E
Snow falling all around you
A E/A D/A A
Like a silent prayer
A E/G#
Once on the streets in New York City
F#m E
With the jazz and the sin in the air
D E
Once on a cold L.A. freeway
A
I was going nowhere
[Chorus]
Dmaj9 C#m
And it's sad, but it's true
D E A
Well I thought it was really you
Dmaj9 C#m
Just a face in the crowd
D E A
On a bus to St. Cloud.
[Verse 2]
(Esus) A E/G#
In a church in downtown New Orleans
F#m E
I got down on my knees and prayed
D E
I wept in the arms of Jesus
A
For the choice you made
(E) A E/G#
We were just getting to the good part baby
F#m
Sliding past the mystery
E D
Oh it's just like you,
E A
Just like you, to disagree
[Chorus]
Dmaj9 C#m
And it's strange, but it's true
D E A
You do slip right, right out of my, out my, view
Dmaj9 C#m
Like a face in the crowd
D E A
On a bus to St. Cloud.
[Bridge]
E/G# F#m C#m
And you chase me like a shadow
D E A
And you haunt me like a ghost
D
And I love you some
C#m
And I hate you some
Bm E
Baby, I miss you, miss you the most
[instrumental]
A E/G#-F#m E - D
E A
[Verse 1]
A E/G#
On a bus to St. Cloud, Minnesota
F#m E
I thought I saw you standing there
D E
Snow falling all around you, baby
A E/A A
Like a silent prayer
E/G# F#m E D E A
Hmmm Hmmm
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