Biography:
Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947) is an Austin, Texas, honky-tonk/country musician. Ely, born in Amarillo, spent his formative years from age 12 in Lubbock, Texas.
Shortly after high school, in 1970, with fellow Lubbock musicians Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock, he formed The Flatlanders. According to Ely, "Jimmie was like a well of country music. He knew everything about it. And Butch was from the folk world. I was kinda the rock & roll guy, and we almost had a triad.
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Other songs:
- All Just To Get To You
- Because Of The Wind
- Boxcars
- Fools Fall In Love
- Highways And Heartaches
- Honky Tonk Masquerade
- Im A Thousand Miles From Home
- Indian Cowboy
- Letter To Laredo
- Lord Of The Highway
- Me And Billy The Kid
- Row Of Dominoes
- Settle For Love
- She Never Spoke Spanish To Me
- Standing At A Big Hotel
- Tecumseh Valley
- The Road Goes On Forever
- West Texas Waltz
- Whenever Kindness Fails
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[Intro]Gm C7
[Verse]
F
Do you know why the trees bend,
Dm Bb F
At the West Texas border?
F
Do you know why they bend,
Gm C
Sway and twine?
F
The trees bend because of the wind,
Dm Bb F
Across that lonesome border,
F Dm
The trees bend because of the wind,
Gm C F
Almost all the time.
[Chorus]
F Dm Bb F
Have you seen my Caroleen, Up in Amarillo,
F Gm Dm C
Have you seen my Caroleen, The one that I call mine,
F Dm Bb6 F/C
Well, if you see my Caroleen, With her hair of yellow,
F Dm7 Dm Gm C F
If you see my Caroleen, Tell her I'm doing fine.
F Dm Bb F Gm7 C F Dm Bb F/C Dm Gm C F/C
[Verse]
F Dm Bb F
She is to me like the breeze, That blows from Corpus Christi,
F Gm C
She is to me like the breeze, That blows up from the sea,
F/C Dm Bb F
Now if she is like the breeze, That blows from Corpus Christi,
F Dm7 Dm Gm C F/C
Then I must be like the trees, Cause Caroleen blows through me.
[Chorus]
F Dm Bb F/C
Do you know why the trees bend, At the West Texas border?
F Gm C C7
Do you know why they bend, Sway and twine?
F/C
The trees bend because of the wind,
Dm Bb F/C
Across that lonesome border,
F Dm7 Gm C F
The trees bend because of the wind, Almost all the time,
F Dm7 Gm C F
The trees bend because of the wind, Almost all the time.
[Verse]
F
Do you know why the trees bend,
Dm Bb F
At the West Texas border?
F
Do you know why they bend,
Gm C
Sway and twine?
F
The trees bend because of the wind,
Dm Bb F
Across that lonesome border,
F Dm
The trees bend because of the wind,
Gm C F
Almost all the time.
[Chorus]
F Dm Bb F
Have you seen my Caroleen, Up in Amarillo,
F Gm Dm C
Have you seen my Caroleen, The one that I call mine,
F Dm Bb6 F/C
Well, if you see my Caroleen, With her hair of yellow,
F Dm7 Dm Gm C F
If you see my Caroleen, Tell her I'm doing fine.
F Dm Bb F Gm7 C F Dm Bb F/C Dm Gm C F/C
[Verse]
F Dm Bb F
She is to me like the breeze, That blows from Corpus Christi,
F Gm C
She is to me like the breeze, That blows up from the sea,
F/C Dm Bb F
Now if she is like the breeze, That blows from Corpus Christi,
F Dm7 Dm Gm C F/C
Then I must be like the trees, Cause Caroleen blows through me.
[Chorus]
F Dm Bb F/C
Do you know why the trees bend, At the West Texas border?
F Gm C C7
Do you know why they bend, Sway and twine?
F/C
The trees bend because of the wind,
Dm Bb F/C
Across that lonesome border,
F Dm7 Gm C F
The trees bend because of the wind, Almost all the time,
F Dm7 Gm C F
The trees bend because of the wind, Almost all the time.
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