written by Robert Earl Keen style of Cross Canadian Ragweed album: Back to Tulsa; Live and Loud at Cain's Ballroom Capo on 5th fret. I use C instead of Cmaj7...it just sounds better to me that way. E-------------------3-| B-------------------3-| G-------------------0-| D-------------------2-| A--------0--2--3----3-| E--3--3---------------|

^CIt’s a long stretch of highway a^Fmaj7t midnight in New Me^Cxic^Fmaj7o ^CIt’s a small colored light that s^Fmaj7hines from your car ra^Gdio It’s th^Fmaj7e old motel owner who^C sleeps on a cot And ^Fmaj7gives you the very last hit fr^Gom her pot ^CIt’s a lonel^Fmaj7y feeling it’s what you?^C??ve ^Fmaj7got ^CIt’s a lonel^Fmaj7y feeling like it or^C not^Fmaj7

^CIt’s a crack in the sidewalk rig^Fmaj7ht next to a pay telep^Chone ^Fmaj7 ^CIt’s someone’s recorder when^Fmaj7 hoping that someone i^Gs home It’s^Fmaj7 an hour to kill to d^Co what you please But ^Fmaj7nobody’s up for just s^Ghooting the breeze ^CIt’s a lonely^Fmaj7 feeling it’s like a d^Cisea^Fmaj7se ^CIt’s a lonely^Fmaj7 feeling you pray that it le^Caves ^Fmaj7

It’s your best friend from hig^Fmaj7h school who sees you and wish^Ces ^Fmaj7you well ^CYou try to break through ^Fmaj7but you run outta stories to te^Gll So you bi^Fmaj7d him goodbye and you^C step into space Ther^Fmaj7e’s so many questions that ^Gyou cannot face ^CIt’s a lonel^Fmaj7y feeling taking his p^Clace ^Fmaj7 ^CIt’s a lonel^Fmaj7y feeling you just can’t^C eras^Fmaj7e

It’s three men from^Fmaj7 Chile who are tired and they wan^Cna go ^Fmaj7home ^CThey’ve run outta money and th^Fmaj7ey’re stuck up in East^G Oregon So you gi^Fmaj7ve them the small bit of c^Change from your hand You ^Fmaj7try to speak Spanish but they d^Gon’t understand ^CIt’s a lonely^Fmaj7 feeling it gets to a^C man^Fmaj7 ^CIt’s a lonely^Fmaj7 feeling that runs through the ^Cland ^Fmaj7

It’s a statue of Jesus ^Fmaj7that your grandmother had whe^Cn s^Fmaj7he died ^CAll cracked and all yellow and you kno^Fmaj7w you should throw it asi^Gde But you??^Fmaj7?re growing religious the ^Colder you get You ^Fmaj7haven’t been saved but it^G could happen yet ^CIt’s a lonely^Fmaj7 feeling full of re^Cgret ^Fmaj7 ^CIt’s a lonely^Fmaj7 feeling won’t let you^C forget^Fmaj7

^CIt’s a bus stop, a street cop, an^Fmaj7 old dog, the new kid, a^C bu^Fmaj7m ^CIt’s fright and rejected^Fmaj7, neglected the blind deaf and^G dumb But you l^Fmaj7ook in the mirror and you’^Cre still hanging in It??^Fmaj7?s there to remind you h^Gow lucky you’ve been ^CIt’s a lonel^Fmaj7y feeling now and a^Cgain^Fmaj7 ^CIt’s a lonel^Fmaj7y feeling that comes from w^Cithin. ^Fmaj7

Cross Canadian Ragweed - Lonley feeling