Viva Luckenbach chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G C majorC A minorAm D MajorD C majorC D MajorD G+G


Verse 1:
G+G
There's a place I know where we all go,
 C majorC          A minorAm
A augmentedA little wayS down the road,
     D MajorD
It ain't far from here, we like to sit and drink beer,
   C majorC  D MajorD       G+G
Play dominoes and tell jokes.
G+G
Folks been stopping by since ’49,
C majorC          A minorAm
Eighteen Hundred, I mean!
   D MajorD
Ain't nothing fancy, just kids and ranches and
C majorC      D MajorD     G+G
Clean white shirts and jeans!

Chorus:
C majorC        D MajorD   G+G            E minorEm
Lots of smiling faces, little children running around,
C majorC      D MajorD       C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
Everybody's somebody in an old hill country town!
C majorC       D MajorD        G+G          E minorEm
Dirt daubbers humming, see the stickleburrs on your sockS,
C majorC       D MajorD         C majorC     D MajorD  G+G
Sure sign you spent some time in beautiful Lukenbach!


Verse 2:
G+G
Well, let me tell you now all about the town . . .
C majorC       A minorAm
How it came to be
    D MajorD      A minorAm
In the 1800's they came in buggys
  C majorC    D MajorD       G+G
To meet and trade and buy feed.
        G+G
They built the blacksmith's shop, then later on
   C majorC        A minorAm
They added the cotton gin. . .
    D MajorD         A minorAm
But the old dance hall and general store’s
     C majorC   D MajorD    G+G
Where it all begins and ends!

Chorus:
C majorC        D MajorD   G+G            E minorEm
Lots of smiling faces, little children running around,
C majorC      D MajorD       C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
Everybody's somebody in an old hill country town!
C majorC       D MajorD        G+G          E minorEm
Dirt daubbers humming, see the stickleburrs on your socks,
C majorC       D MajorD         C majorC     D MajorD  G+G
Sure sign you spent some time in beautiful Lukenbach!

N.C.
Here we go!


Break:
G+G G MajorG C majorC A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm C majorC D MajorD G+G G+G G MajorG C majorC A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm C majorC D MajorD G+G


Verse 3:
G+G
In the 1950's people moved to cities,
C majorC        A minorAm
Leaving it all behind
D MajorD         A minorAm
Luckenbach closed down for good,
    C majorC     D MajorD   G+G
It just fell on a harder time
G+G
One day Hondo, driving by,
C majorC        A minorAm
Wished he had a beer
   D MajorD            A minorAm
So he bought the place and he opened it up
    C majorC   D MajorD     G+G
That's reason we're all here


Chorus:
C majorC        D MajorD   G+G            E minorEm
Lots of smiling faces, little children running around,
C majorC      D MajorD       C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
Everybody's somebody in an old hill country town!
C majorC       D MajorD        G+G          E minorEm
Dirt daubbers humming, see the stickleburrs on your socks,
C majorC       D MajorD         C majorC     D MajorD  G+G
Sure sign you spent some time in beautiful Lukenbach!


Chrous:
C majorC        D MajorD   G+G            E minorEm
Lots of smiling faces, little children running around,
C majorC      D MajorD       C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
Everybody's somebody in an old hill country town!
C majorC       D MajorD        G+G          E minorEm
Dirt daubbers humming, see the stickleburrs on your socks,
C majorC       D MajorD         C majorC     D MajorD  G+G
Sure sign you spent some time in beautiful Lukenbach!