Jeff Davis County Blues

Riff (played often during the intro, between verses, and at the end of lines) e|-----3------------------------| B|-----0--1-p0------------------| G|-----0--------0---------------| D|-----0-----------0------------| A|-----2------------------------| E|-----3------------------------| E A Verse 1: E After three nights in jail, I head north from Toyaville A Switch to 285 in Pecos, head up to Red Bluff E My walk's real steady and my eyes are real cold When I feel like I'm only sixteen years old A Lost in a travel lodge E With the television on with the sound down

I don't feel so tough Am B E Old issues of sunset magazine to read Am B Sleep for twelve hours E Dream about home Verse 2: E I have no place to go So I drive up to New Mexico A Fix my eyes in the rearview when I cross the stateline E And I panic I guess And although it's quite late I take the first exit to 128 A E I am coming back to Midland and I hope you won't mind Polaroids of the two of us Am B Scattered on the passenger seat E Am B I drive slowly and eat early E