Chords for The Turnpike Troubadours "The Bird Hunters" LIVE

[G] _ _ _ _ See that?
Well, it's cold up here in [C] January in the Rocky Mountains, so naturally [G] we'll take you back to Texas in July
Where it was [D] awful hot with our pal [G] the Turnpike Troubadours.
Take it away fellas _
_ The the song is one [C] that uh that I wrote [G] honestly
_ One of [D] maybe four that I wrote [G] myself on the record by myself without collaborating
RC wrote a big chunk of the record this time.
It's called the Bird Hunters, and it's sort of a _
_ Narrative [C] and kind of the style like what? _
Mick [G] Murtry or somebody would would do or my attempt at it, and [D] it's about it's a similar thing about coming [G] home
That's kind of the theme of [N] the record _ is a find of redemption where you where you came _ from
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ Well, [E] the covey [G] took wing
[D] The _ [G] shotguns are singing
_ [C] Upon the [G] dog down in [D] the old lawn
_ _ [Em]
Danny [G] got three _ [D] back
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] Bumbled _ [G]
around I [D] tried to reload well [C] country was [G] cold [D] where the Sun West [G] was
_ _ [C] It's good to [G] be back in this [D] _ place _ with [C] my
_ _ [G] _ Around the [D] fail to [G] make brown [C] my mind on [G] the lines of [D] a face _
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Well [Em] now Danny's [G] my buddy
[D] We grew up [G] like family [C] we hunted [G] this timber [D] before we could drive
the [Em] old [G] English corner
[D] It won't [G] belong to you, [C] but I gave [G] him up when [D] I moved
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[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
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_ [D] _ No
Hell _ _ [C] I thought it's [G] late
_ _ [D] Just like [G] some story [C] we fell [G] in love _ [D] your day _
_ _ _ _ She [G] said go
_ Back [C] to the [G] _ county once you call back with nothing but [D] a razor _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [G] _ Dan _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [G] says _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] look at [G] old Jim _ [D] a dozen
_ [G] December _ [C]
find him [G] no words for the [D] wear _
_ Then your [Em] time [G] spent in Tulsa [D] did not help [G] your shoes _
[C] Look at [G] the gray in your [D] _
hair
_ How [C] good does [G] it feel?
[D] We belong in [G] these fields.
It's [C] best
[G] You _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] marry [G] that girl you [D] marry [G] the family
[C] B.
Dodds [G] a bullet [D] my _ friend _ _ _
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[D] She _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] said me [D] _ down _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Then [E] a flood of feathers [G] and a shotgun _ _ stroller
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ She'd be [C]
home on [G] the 4th
[D] _ _ _ Then [G] [C] we
Dance _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] this _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ [C] _ hell [G] of a shot
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That's what [G] we came [D] here _ _
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I'm still [D] at the foot [G] of the hill
[C] We can kick off [G] a single _ [D] _
tune
_ _ She _ _ _
_ _ [G] said go back to [C] _ [G] Cherokee County
I want you to crawl back with nothing [D] but a razor and a thong
[G] _ Baby if you need me, [C] I'll be where you [G] found me
Go on ahead, _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] go on ahead
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
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That's a song about bird hunting in Southeast Oklahoma _
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