Hurricane Party Chords by James Mcmurtry

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[A] The hurricane party's winding down [E] and we're all waiting [A] for the end.
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[A] And I don't want another drink, I only [E] want that last one [A] again.
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] It [E] gave me such a fine glow, [D] smoky and slow, now [A] I should probably be homework [E] bound.
But [A] there's no one to talk [D] to [E] when the lines [A] go down.
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[A] I guess in the morning I'll [D] go [E] looking for my gray [A] striped cat.
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ My [A] old house can take the weather, [D] so I'm [E] not too concerned [A] about that.
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ [E] It was built to take the wind back [D] in [A] 1910 when this was one damn [E] fine town.
But now [A] there's no one to talk to [E] when the lines [A] go down.
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] Candles flickered on the back bar and the building [E] was shaking with the wind.
_ _ _ [D] _ I [A] bought a whiskey for the gypsy and she [E] turned my leather back into [A] skin.
_ _ _ [A] _ Just [E] the fleeting sense of that [D] rare suspense [A] I once thought made the world go [E] around.
But now there's no one to talk to [E] when the [A] lines go down.
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Open up your [D] back screen [A] door, [E] let me see your [D] face once [A] more.
[E] My hands are cold and my [D] feet so [A] sore [F#m] and I can't go on this [E] way.
_ _ _ [E] And the thoughts come too [A] fast and too many to [A] keep count, [E] best just let them on [A] through.
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Now [A] I'm breaking those old glass insulators [E] with my old [A] 22.
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[E] Off the telephone poles [D] as a half dollar rolls [A] across the knuckles of a [E] rodeo clown. _
[A] There's just no one to talk [D] to [E] when the [A] lines go down. _ _ _ _ _
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[A] My one great love, my God, I [E] can feel it [A] still.
_ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ She [A] ran off to California, now [D] she's living [E] in those Hollywood [A] hills.
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ [E] With them bullfrog prints I have [D] not seen her since, though [A] she calls when he's out of [E] town.
And there's no one to talk to [E] when the lines [A] go down.
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Open up your back [A] screen door, [E] _
let me in [D] your space [A] once more.
I [E] was looking for [A] an easy score, [F#m] but it just don't work that [E] way. _ _ _ _
Some [A] insurance man biker is yelling [E] out for one more [A] beer.
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[A] a part time pirate just can't get [E] much respect around [A] here.
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] We [E] got our problems too, [D] man, we'll get to you in [A] just a minute, sit your drunk [E] ass down.
Yeah, [A] there's no one to talk to [D] _ [E] when the lines [A] go down.
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Now there's [A] water up past the wheel [D] wells of my Ford [E] and I don't guess it'll run.
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[A] But I left a pack of Winston's on the [E] dash, could you fetch them for [A] me, son?
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ The [E] morning's first cigarette, [D] that's as good as it gets [A] all day.
I should know [E] by now that [A] there's no one to talk [D] to [E] when the lines [A] go down.
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