The Front Porch Song tab by Keen Robert Earl

Tabs

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Front Porch Song

by Robert Earl Keen, Jr. and Lyle Lovett

from Robert Earl Keen's album No Kinda Dancer

>From Trey Graves ([email protected])

G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD

G+G                    E minorEm
This old porch is just a big ...
     C majorC            D MajorD
Standin' under a mesquite ...
G+G                        E minorEm
He just keeps on playing hide and ...
   C majorC                D MajorD       G+G
He's sweatin' and a pantin' ...
  E minorEm
Oh no
        C majorC      D MajorD
He's got them cows and ...

First solo, adapted for guitar (mandolin on the album)
begins at " and old movie pictures"

There's another solo I will tab if anybody's interested.

s:slide

G+G        E minorEm            C majorC
--------------|-------------------------|-------------15-17-15-20-17-15-
--------------|-------------------12-15-|13-----15-17-------------------
--16-14-12-15-|14-12---------12-14------|-------------------------------
--------------|------14----14-----------|-------------------------------
--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------
--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------

*little puase, come in on down beat
    D MajorD
*17-15-|--17-15-----------------------------------------
-------|17------17-15---14------------------------------
-------|--------------16---16-14----------------14-16---
-------|-------------------------16----14-16-17---------
-------|----------------------------17------------------
-------|------------------------------------------------

 G+G                       E minorEm
|---------------------------------------------|----------------
|-15---15-------15----------------------------|----------------
|----16---16-14---16-14---16-14-------12---12-|----------------
|-----------------------17------17-14----12---|16-14-12---14---
|---------------------------------------------|---------14-----
|---------------------------------------------|----------------

               C majorC
-----------------------------|----------------15-17-15-(17)s20--
-----------------------------|13---13---15s17-------------------
-----------------12---12--12-|----------------------------------
-12--12-14-12-14---14---14---|----------------------------------
---14------------------------|----------------------------------
-----------------------------|----------------------------------

   D MajorD                        G+G
-17-|20----------------------------------------------|-----------
----|---17-18s19-17-15-------------------------------|-----------
----|-------------------16-14---16-14----------------|-----------
----|-------------------------16------16-14-16-14-16-|17---------
----|------------------------------------------------|-----------
----|------------------------------------------------|-----------

The Front Porch Song
by Robert Earl Keen Jr. and Lyle Lovett


    G+G        E minorEm       C majorC        D MajorD
E MajorE|------3---3---3|------0---0---0|------0---0---0|------2---2---2---3|
BB|------3---3---3|------0---0---0|------1---1---1|------3---3---3---3|
G+G|------0---0---0|------0---0---0|------0---0---0|------2---2---2---0|
D MajorD|------0---0---0|------2---2---2|------2---2---2|2-1-0-----0---0---0|
A augmentedA|------2---2---2|--------2-----2|0-2-3-----3-3--|--------3---2---0--|
E MajorE|0-2-3---3---3--|3-2-0-------0--|--------3------|-------------------|


     G+G             E minorEm
This old porch is a big ol' ...
     C majorC            D MajorD
Standin' under a mesquite tree ...
  G+G            E minorEm
He keeps on playin' hide and seek ...
C majorC                D MajorD       G+G
Sweatin' and a pantin' ...
  E minorEm      C majorC      D MajorD
Oh no, With those cows ...