Key: Em Intro: Em Verse 1: Em Well, we landed in Seattle feeling barely half alive D It was round about 4:30 in the morning, maybe 5 Am I was one crispy critter after two weeks on the road C B7 Em Seeing my reflection in the mirror, man, it showed
Em Well, we loaded up the bus with the cold rain drizzling D driving back to Texas to play a show with Midland Am I climbed in the cab and jammed her down in gear C B7 Em drove along those highways for what seemed like years Chorus: C G Well, bless my bones and show me to the stage D Am I pull my hat low so I don’t show my age C G Do a little dance and give them all a grin B7 Em Underneath the lights, I’ll come alive again Verse 2: Em I drove away the daylight and there was no place to park D so I kept the hammer down, rolling thunder through the dark Am Townes Van Zandt sang a snowing-on-the-tone C B7 Em As I climbed over the mountain pass in the construction zone Em Come around a curve to see a semi in my lane D headlights blinding, horn blaring like a train Am He had his big brakes screaming like demons in the hills C B7 Em Missed us by an inch and, man, it gave me cold chills Chorus: C G Well, bless my bones and show me to the stage D Am I pull my hat low so I don’t show my age C G Do a little dance and give them all a grin B7 Em Underneath the lights, I’ll come alive again Interlude: C G D Am C G B7 Em Verse 3: Em The band was drinking beer in back spilling it on the floor D However much they drank, there was always one more Am I was jamming the oldies, good old fiddle and steel C B7 Em as the moonlight made my hands look bone-white on the wheel Em I guess I never noticed that the tank never went dry D Troopers never looked up when we went speeding by Am By the time the sun came up, we were feeling mighty fine C B7 Em We gave a whoop and a holler when we crossed the Texas line Verse 4: Em The show was going down in a place called Cook’s Garage D Finally, up ahead, I saw the sign like a mirage Am Pulled up to the entrance and a fellow said, who are you? C B7 Em I said, well, I’m Zane Williams and we’re the Wilder Blue Em I’ve never seen the look quite like the one that he gave me D Over his shoulder, I read what it said on the marquee Am Midland reunited for one final show C N.C. He said the Wilder Blue died in a bus crash N.C. Em Must’ve been 30 years ago. Chorus: C G Well, bless my bones and show me to the stage D Am I pull my hat low so I don’t show my age C G Do a little dance and give them all a grin B7 Em Underneath the lights, we'll come out again Chorus: C G Well, bless my soul and we'll play the tune D Am While all the pretty people go howling at the moon C G Do a little dance and give them all a grin B7 Em Underneath the lights, we'll come alive again Outro: C B7 Em
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