Long Black Road Into Tulsa Town chords by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer

Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer - Long, Black Road Into Tulsa Town


(## NOTE: This version is from the album 'Seven Is The Number' ##)


CAPO: 5th Fret


INTRO: C  G  Dm  (2x)  C

             G                   Dm               Am  F
I got a world of trouble in mind, the pilgrim said
                    C            Bb         F   C
Need something to believe in, or someone to be
        G                        Dm                  Am    F
I got a mountain of worries just piling up inside my head
                    C                Bb           G   F
It's a curse of the worst kind for a dreamer like me

              G               E7                   Am  F
So he climbed up alone on the Turkey Mountain Ridge
                     C             G      F
He looked out at the people on the plain
       G                     E7                        Am      F
He saw god that night in the sleepy river and the city lights
                   C              G
But he felt like a loser just the same


CHORUS:
            Am        C       F
Woah, woah, states of misery
          C
States of grace
G           Am       C           G
Trouble and joy on a young man's face
      C   C/B   Am      Am/G F
Swing low sweet chariot
        C
Take me down
     Dm         Am        G     C     G C
That long black road into Tulsa town


               G                   Dm              Am      F
"Well, I gotta roll these tumbling dice again", he sighed
                     C               Bb           F    C
"Leave it up to good fortune and the draw and the deal.
               G                Dm                        Am  F
I gotta put my life out on that table and just let it ride
                     C                   Bb        G       F
Slip away from these hounds of love that nip at my heels"


                G                  E7                Am
But over on the back porch, in the early morning rain
       F              C          G
Sits a girl with a mirror in her smile
F                    G                    E7           Am            F
Insubstantial as the summer breeze, as it disappears into the trees
                     C             G
But she holds his eye for a little while


CHORUS:
            Am        C       F
Woah, woah, states of misery
          C
States of grace
G           Am       C           G
Trouble and joy on a young man's face
      C   C/B   Am      Am/G F
Swing low sweet chariot
        C
Take me down
     Dm         Am        G     C     G
That long black road into Tulsa town


INSTRUMENTAL: C  G  Dm    C  G  Dm
              C  G  Dm    F    G    C


                  G                          Dm              Am     F
One dreamer got a job someplace, they say he got his life on track
                C                    Bb            F   C
One dreamer got married, they say he sleeps in the sun
                G                             Dm                       Am F
One dreamer got strung out young, you know he never really did bounce back
                  C                  Bb         G
One dreamer got a second chance, and others got none


F                           G                E7        Am
This dreamer's sitting on a park bench, in a city far away
       F             C              G
And he tells you the stories of his youth
F                   G                   E7                 Am             F
Forcing a laugh and making a joke outta being lonesome and silly and broke
                   C                  G
But he still makes room for a little truth


CHORUS:
            Am        C       F
Woah, woah, states of misery
          C
States of grace
G           Am       C           G
Trouble and joy on a young man's face
      C   C/B   Am      Am/G F
Swing low sweet chariot
        C
Take me down
     Dm         Am        G     C
That long black road into Tulsa town
G     C   C/B   Am       Am/G F
Swing low sweet chariot
        C
Take me down
     Dm         Am        G
That long black road into Tulsa
           C     C/B  Am  Am/G  F  G  C