Guy Clark Lyrics

Guy Clark Chord and Tabs

Black Diamond Strings Chorus Black Diamond Strings Black Diamond Strings Drinkin1 W. Harper PlayinBlack Diamond Str...

Cape Eight years old with flour sack cape Tied all around his neck He climbed up on the garage Figurin...
Cape Chords and Tabs

Dublin Blues I wish I was in Austin In the Chili Parlour Bar Drinkin' Mad Dog Margaritas And not carin' where ...

Hangin' Your Life on the Wall I used to be Juanita's old boyfriend We sure gave 'em some stories to tell Now I can't even find h...

Hank Williams Said It Best One man抯 hawk is another man抯 dove, one man抯 hug is another man抯 shove One man抯 rock is a...

Ramblin' Jack and Mahan Now a Ramblin' Jack Elliot said: I got these lines in my face Tryin' to straighten out the wrinkle...

Shut up and Talk to Me Love is never gonna be a solid bet It抯 kinda like workinwithout a net Don抰 be afraid to let y...

Stuff That Works I got an olblue shirt And it suits me just fine I like the way it feels So I wear it all the tim...

Tryin' to Try I threw a rock through your window Just to let you know I love you Just to let you know I care and...

A Nickel For The Fiddler Chorus Well it's a nickel for the fiddler. It's a nickel for his tune. It's a nickel for the tambo...

Anyhow, I Love You I wish I had a dime for every bad time but the bad times always seem to keep the change You been all...

Black Haired Boy He's a black haired boy of some confusion and he makes no excuse for the things that he's usin' He's...

Broken Hearted People Now broken hearted people always seem to drink and tryin' to drown those sorrows ain't as easy as yo...

Desperados Waiting for a Train I played the Red River Valley He'd sit in the kitchen and cry Run his fingers through seventy year...
Desperados Waiting for a Train Chords and Tabs

Fools For Each Other Who walked out when the times got hard When the truck broke down in the whole front yard It wasn't m...

Instant Coffee Blues He washed all the road dirt from his face and from his neck And sat down at her table and she picke...

L.A. Freeway Pack up all your dishes. Make note of all good wishes. Say goodbye to the landlord for me. That s...

Let Him Roll He's a wino, tried and true. Done about everything there is to do. He worked on freighters, he wor...
Let Him Roll Chords and Tabs

Like a Coat from the Cold I found comfort and courage from bottles of whiskey. I swear to you friends these old high times su...

Me I'm Feelin' The Same Hooray for the drinkin' warm red wine On a day both bright and fair Hooray for the layin' and playin...

Rita Ballou She could dance that slow Uvalde Shuffle to some cowboy hustle How she made them trophy buckles sh...

She Ain't Goin' Nowhere Standin' on the gone side of leavin'. She found a thumb and stuck it in the breeze. She'll take an...

Texas 1947 Now bein' six years old, I had seen some trains before, so it's hard to figure out what I'm at the ...

Texas Cookin' I'm going down to Austin, Texas I'm going down to save my soul Get that bar-b-que and chili Eat my f...

That Old Time Feelin' And that old time feelin' goes sneakin' down the hall, Like an old gray cat in winter, keepin' clos...

The Last Gunfighter Ballad The old gunfighter on the porch stared into the sun and relived the days of living by the gun whe...

Virginia's Real Gents to the middle said a young girl's fiddle and you ain't got nothin' to lose Allemande right she...

Coat From The Cold I found comfort and courage in bottles of whiskey I swear to you friends that that life is some risk...

Desperados Waiting For The Train I'd play the Red River Valley and he'd sit in the kitchen and cry And run his fingers through sevent...

Don't You Take It Too Bad Well don't you take it too bad if you're feelin' unlovin' If you're feelin' unfeelin' if you're feel...

In The Jailhouse Now I had a friend named Bill Campbell he used to rob steal and gamble And on the side he'd beg so he mo...

One Paper Kid Cowboys and Indians and trees he could climb Tomorrow came too fast but he didn't mind Ah the distan...

Voila An American Dream I beg your pardon mama what did you say My mind was drifting on a Martinque day It's not that I'm no...

Baton Rouge I'm gonna leave Texarkana I'm goin' down to Louisiana I'm gonna try my luck in Baton Rouge I'm gonna...

Boats to Build It's time for a change I'm tired of that same ol same The same ol words the same ol lines The same o...

How'd You Get This Number Sorry 'bout your mama Sorry 'bout your paw Sorry 'bout the business With your brother-in-law Har...

I Don't Love You Much Do I I don抰 love you much do I Just more than human tongue can tell and that's all I don抰 love you m...

Jack of All Trades Now I don't mind workin' hard You can't burn me down They ain't made a job That I can't work my way ...

Madonna With Child Nineteen Sixty Nine Oh the beautiful red-haired Madonna with child Sat on the curb wearin' a smile That doubled up the y...

Must Be My Baby Frankie D. said he got it Straight from Roger Miller Life抯 just like takin' candy From a gorilla I...

Picasso's Mandolin Picasso said in 1910 I'm gonna paint me a mandolin Could be cubes it could be curves I like to mix t...

Too Much Too much workin'll make your back ache Too much trouble'll bring you a heartbreak Too much gravy'l...

All Through Throwin' Good Love After Bad Oh a time there was I was feelin' so hopeless It's a wonder I didn't cave in I kept throwing love ...

Come from the Heart When I was a young man my daddy told me A lesson he learned, it was a long time ago If you want to...

Doctor Good Doctor I was feelin' depressed I was feelin real low down I felt so bad I could not get my butt up off the...

Hands A hand is just another kind of hammer made of steel Beating blindly on the anvil a hammer cannot fe...

Heavy Metal Somedays I think this old machine is out to get me Somedays she does what I tell her It's like dan...

Immigrant Eyes Oh Ellis Island was swarming Like a scene from a costume hall Decked out in the colors in Europe ...

Indian Cowboy If you ever go out to the circus Where the Wallendas walk on the wire I'll tell you a tale to reme...

Old Friends It's like when you're making conversation And you're trying not to scream And you're trying not to...

To Live Is to Fly Won't say I love you babe Won't say I need you babe But, I'm gonna get you babe And I will not do yo...

Watermelon Dream The sun was hot and the dust rose up like smoke So we hid beneath the elm tree and watched the wate...

Better Days Standing at the window her face to the glass As far as she can see the time has come to pass As far ...

Blowin' Like A Bandit Lawdy mercy land of goshen shades of gray out on the ocean Don't you dare take that boat out to sea ...

Carpenter Let us now praise a carpenter and the things that he made And the way that he lived by the tools of ...

Fool In The Mirror Well I wake up every morning Lord and what do I see I got a fool in my mirror and he's lyin' to me H...

Homegrown Tomatoes Ain't nothin' in the world that I like better Than bacon & lettuce & homegrown tomatoes Up i...

Randall Knife My father had a Randall knife My mother gave it to him When he went off to WWII To save us all from ...

Supply And Demand What is that sound what is that noise I cannot figure it out for the life of me boys Is it the coast...

Uncertain Texas The crickets are singin' the bluegills been bitin' The fireflies are flashin' with all of their migh...

Heartbroke Who wouldn't notic the fire in your eyes Or the bitter direction of impending goodbyes I'm fallen ...

Last Gunfighter Ballad The old gunfighter on the porch stared into the sun and relived the days of living by the gun whe...

Little of Both I like drinking whiskey I like being straight I like a voodoo spinners And I like live bait I like ...

Out in the Parking Lot . . ."antithesis of the 'Boot Scootin Boogie'. Right up my alley." I was sittin' on the f...

She Ain't Going Nowhere Standin' on the gone side of leavin'. She found a thumb and stuck it in the breeze. She'll take an...

South Coast of Texas The south coast of Texas is a thin slice of life It' s salty and hard it it stern as a knife Where...

Ain't No Trouble to Me Baby don't let em' blow smoke up your dress Don't let em' break your heart Don't start thinkin' th...

Be Gone Forever Sometimes a loser Sometimes a hero This is a lonely captain's story Sword and a pistol by his sid...

Bunkhouse Blues At the Broken Heart Ranch You can always get work As a cowfool There's feelin's to wrangle Loose...

Cold Dog Soup William Butler Yeats in jeans Got up to play guitar and sing In some join in Mission Beach last ni...

Die Tryin' Don't be a stranger If you're looking for a friend If you want an even break You've got to learn ...

Forever, for Always, for Certain Forever ain't easy to come by For always ain't never to sure For certain is less than you hoped fo...

Fort Worth Blues Fort Worth neon shinin' bright Pretty lights red and blue They shut down all the honky tonks tonig...

Indian Head Penny I rolled off the San Francisco mint in 1909 The last one they ever made, you should've seen me shin...

Men Will Be Boys Chorus The only difference between men and boys Is the size of their feet and the price of their ...

Red River From Palo Duro Canyon outside Amarillo Texas The prairie dog town fork of the Red River flows Head...

Sis Draper Kick your shoes off in the corner mama Tuck the babies all up snug Sis Draper's comin' over, we al...

Water Under the Bridge They baptized me one fine day Down at the river's edge All my sins are washed away Like water und...

Anyhow I Love You I wish I had a dime for every bad time But the bad times always seem to keep the change You been all...

Don't Let The Sunshine Fool Don't let the sunshine fool ya Don't let the bluebirds do ya And don't let the women do ya Put your ...

Good To Love You Lady Now here comes Texas rolling through my mind There ain't nothing to it mama don't be cryin' It's jus...

It's About Time Hear that old tune come driftin' down the hall Trying to put a stop to clock on the wall Free flowin...

Baby Took a Limo to Memphis She did not want to drive She did not want to fly She did not want to wait For a bus to come by ...

Desperadoes Waiting For A Train I played the Red River Valley. He'd sit in the kitchen and cry. Run his fingers through seventy ye...

That Old Time Feeling And that old time feelin' goes sneakin' down the hall, Like an old gray cat in winter, keepin' clos...

The Ballad Of Laverne And Captain Flint Here comes Martha runnin' down the pier looks like Captain Flint is here You get the bow and I get t...