# Stock Tank Saturdays chords by Larry C. Brown

(Key: G Major)

 Verse 1
(Gmaj7)
Driving **150 miles**   (Cadd9)for the weekend's delight
(G/B)
Farmland rolling by   (Am7)heading to (D7sus4)family's (D7)side
(G)
A gravel road turns past the (Cadd9)old barn
(G/B)
Five miles of rolling hills   (Am7)dust clouds kick up (D7)from behind
(Cmaj7)
Two turns ahead   then the (G/D)long drive(D7)way (G)home

 Verse 2
(Gmaj7)
Saturday morning   (Cadd9)no plans, and no need to
(G/B)
My baby brother had the (Am7)cane poles (D7sus4)wait(D7)ing
(G)
Half-mile walk   just past (Cadd9)Ole Daniel’s Place
(G/B)
Headed for the tank   (Am7)where the cattle (D7)drink
(Cmaj7)
The water still and dark   (G/D)just (D7)sitting (G)there

 Chorus
(G)
Cigarette smoke**   (D/F#)drifts on the (Em7)still air
(Cadd9)
Hot Dr Pepper**—(G/B)coolers too (Am7)heavy to (D7)haul
(G)
Ole Daniel’s mule watching   (D/F#)just like al(Em7)ways**
(Cadd9)
Perch stealing bait   the (G/B)way they al(Am7)ways (D7)do**
(G)
Grasshoppers for bait   (D/F#)we used what we (Em7)had
(Cadd9)
Lines in the water   (D7sus4)on (D7)Stock Tank (G)Saturdays

 Verse 3
(Gmaj7)
**Sun climbing higher**   (Cadd9)then noon creeping in
(G/B)
Talking 'bout fishing   (Am7)from years way back (D7sus4)when(D7)
(Em7)
**Lines crossing, him griping—(Cadd9)same old routine.**
(G)
**Never about the fish, just the (D/F#)way it’s always (Em7)been.**
(Cmaj7)
The tank sat **quiet**   had (G/D)all the (D7)time in the (G)world

 Bridge
(Am7)
That **taste of warm soda**   and a (D7)puff on a **Marlboro**
(Gmaj7)
The mule by the fenceline   the (Cmaj7)quiet words spoke
(Am7)
It's **never** the fish count   or (D7)grand tales we spin
(Em7)
Just **time spent together**   (A7sus4)letting (A7)peaceful(D7sus4)ness (D7)in

 Verse 4
(Gmaj7)
Biting **slows down**   sun (Cadd9)beats down hard**
(G/B)
Afternoon heat   **now it's (Am7)time to head (D7sus4)home(D7)**
(G)
Dr Pepper gone   last **(Cadd9)cigarette burns out**
(G/B)
Poles and tackle in hand   (Am7)walking back to the (D7)barn
(Cmaj7)
Same as always**   no (G/D)big catch (D7)to be (G)had

 Outro
(G)
Another **Saturday gone**   no fish   (D/F#)just hot and (Em7)sweaty
(Cadd9)
Poles on our shoulders   but (G/B)we're al(Am7)ready (D7)ready
(G)
For the next time the dust kicks   and the (D/F#)old mule stands (Em7)guard
(Cadd9)
'Cause some kinds of **quiet**   they (G/B)ain't ever too (D7)hard
(G)
**Stock Tank Saturdays**   (D7sus4)mmm   (D7)Stock Tank (G)Saturdays