Chords for James McMurtry - Just Us Kids

[E] I guess I had to [C#m] finish this because [B] [G] I'd like to send it out to my son actually.
I hope he's out there in the internet world.
[C#m] Because I realized [N] that my son at 16 did not care about the automobile [G] to the extent that
[C#m] I did when I was 16.
So [B] [C#m] it gave me a place to start anyway.
[E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ [E] _
[C#m] I've had [B] enough of this [E] small town [C#m] crap.
I'm not [B] staying in [E] school.
[C#m] I'm [B] making good [E] dough, working with [A] my brother, cleaning out pools. _
[C#m] I'm [B] going out to [E] California.
[C#m] Man, [B] it won't [E] be long.
_ [C#m] [B] Soon as I [E] get my license, [A] color me gone. _
_ [C#m] [E] Oh, knock it off, Johnny.
_ [C#m] [E] Man, you're living in your head.
[C#m] You [B] ain't even [E] got a car.
And these chicks [A] don't believe a word you said.
_ [F#m] But you're doing all the talking, so I'll just [A] keep quiet. _ _
[E] _ [F#m] This will probably go nowhere, [A] but I can't blame you for trying.
Just [Bm] us kids [A] in the [E] parking lot, hanging [B] around, [A] need the vapor [E] light.
Got [B] no drugs, [A] and we got [E] no guns.
Not [B] even [A] bothering [E] anyone.
_ [Bm] [A] I [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _
_ [C#m] [B] don't have [E] to wear a necktie.
[C#m] [B] I don't have [E] to punch a clock.
[C#m] [B] I [E] started up a dot-com [A] company, and man, it rocks. _
[C#m] Won't [E] you come with me down to Mexico [C#m] [E] in the winter with some friends?
[C#m] [E] My divorce will be final long [A] about then. _ _
[E] _ [F#m] Meanwhile, I got a gram and a real [A] good ride. _
[E] _ [F#m] And don't you know I hurt way [A] down inside? _
Just [B] us kids [A] in the [E] parking lot, out [B] here giving [A] it all [E] we got.
We [B] don't want [A] to get [E] old and die.
There [B] ain't nothing [A] we wouldn't [E] try.
_ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _
_ [F#m] You know we could [A] really have it all. _ _
[E] _ [F#] My kid's going to graduate [B] next [A] fall, _ _
[F#] and I could take retirement [A] in 10 years. _ _
[F#m] It's a damn short movie.
[A] How'd we ever get here?
Just [B] us kids [A] hanging out [E] today, [B] watching our [A] long hair [E] turning gray.
Not [B] so skinny, [A] maybe not [E] so free.
Not [B] so many [A] as we used to [E] be.
[B] Just us kids [E] hanging out today, watching [B] our long [E] hair turning gray.
[B] Not so skinny, [E] maybe not so free.
[B] Not so many [E] as we used to be.
[B] Just us kids [E] hanging out today, [B] watching our long [E] hair turning gray.
Not so skinny, maybe not so free.
Not so many as we used to be.
Not so skinny, maybe not so free.
Not so many as [E] we used to be.
Not so skinny, maybe not so free.
[B] Not so [A] many as we [E] used to be. _ _
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_ [N] _ _ _ Thank you. _ _
_ James McMurtry.
Are we glad James is here on our show?