Loving County Chords by Charlie Robison

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Well, I loved a girl, _ and [F#] she lived out in Pecos, _ pretty [B] as she [G#] could be. _ _ _
And I worked the rigs [F#] on out [C#] in Odessa to give her _ [B] whatever [G#] she needs. _ _ _ _
But that girl, she run _ [F#] with an oil [C#] company bum,
cause a diamond [B] was not on her [G#] hand. _ _ _ _
But he left her soon, _ [F#] beneath the big [C#] lovin' moon,
to go out [B] and x-ray [G#] the land.
_ _ Now [C#] I sit in my car, _ [F#] the new rainbow [C#] bar [G#] downtown, _ _ _ _
[C#] and the frost on the windshield _
[F#] shines [C#] towards the sky,
[G#] like a thousand tiny diamonds in the lights of Lovin' County.
Well, I walked in that bar, _ [C#] and I drank myself crazy, _
thinkin' [G#] about her and that man. _ _ _ _
Went in and walked a woman, _ [F#] lookin' richer [C#] than sin,
and ten years worth [B] of work on [G#] her hand.
_ Well, I followed her home, _ [F#] and when she was [C#] alone, _
well, I put [B] my gun to [G#] her head, _ _ _ _
and I don't recall [F#] what happened [C#] next at all.
But now that [B] rich woman, [G#] she's dead.
_ _ Now [C#] I drive down the highway, [F#] ten miles from [C#] my sweet [G#] baby's arms, _ _ _
[C#] and the moon is so bright, _ [F#] it don't look [C#] like night,
[G#] and the diamond house sparkles in the lights of Lovin' County. _
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Well, she opened that door, _ _ [F#] and I knelt on [C#] the floor,
_ and I put that [B] ring _ [G#] in her hand. _ _ _ _
And she said, I do, _ [F#] and she'd leave with [C#] me soon
to the Riggs [B] out in South [G#] Alabama. _ _ _ _
Well, I told her to hide _ [F#] that ring there [C#] inside, _
and wait till [B] the timing [G#] was good.
And _ _ I drove back home, _
[F#] and I was [C#] alone, _
cause I thought [B] that she _
[G#] understood. _ _ _
[C#] The next night an old friend [F#] just called me [C#] to wish us [G#] both well.
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[C#] Said he'd seen her downtown, _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] sashayin' around,
[G#] and her diamond house sparkled in the lights of Lovin' County. _
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Well, that sheriff he found _ [C#] me out wanderin' all around _ El Paso
_ [B] the very next [G#] day. _ _ _ _ _
You see, I'd lost my mind [F#] on that broken [C#] wide line
before I [B] even reached [G#] Balmorhea.
_ Well, _ now she's in Fort Worth, _ [F#] and she's just [C#] givin' birth
to the son [B] of that oil company [G#] man. _ _ _ _
And they buried that poor old _
[F#] sheriff's [C#] dead wife
with the ring that [B] I stole [G#] on her hand. _ _ _ _
[C#] Sometimes they let me [F#] look up at [C#] that East [G#] Texas sky
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[C#] and the rain on the pines.
[F#] Oh, Lord, how [C#] it shines [G#] like my darlin's little diamond
in the lights of Lovin' County. _
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