Lyle Lovett - Walk through the bottomland

A ^CNew Jersey ^Flady I ^Gknew long ^Cago And ^Fshe was a ^Emlady I ^G7say But ^Cshe met a ^Fcowboy who ^Grode on a ^Crodeo And ^Fhe stole her ^Gheart straight^C away

The ^CNew Jersey ^Flady she ^Gloved him so ^Ctrue An^Fother love ^Emshe never ^G7had But ^Ccowboys are ^Flonesome and ^Gcowboys are ^Cblue And ^Fthey make the ^Gladies so ^Csad

Chorus: Sing me^F a melody ^C Sing me a blue^Fs ^C Walk through t^Fhe bottomland wit^Chout no sho^Ges ^C The Brazos she^F's running scared^C She heard the ^Fnews ^C Walk through t^Fhe bottomland wit^Chout no sho^Ges ^C

The ^CNew Jersey ^Flady knew ^Ghe loved her ^Ctoo And you ^Fknow she ^Emtried to hold ^G7on But the ^Crodeo ^Flife was the ^Glife that he ^Cknew He ^Fhad to keep ^Gdrifting a^Clong

^CShe never ^Fmarried and ^Gshe never ^Cwould And ^Fall of the ^Empeople they'd ^G7say The ^CNew Jersey ^Flady she ^Gjust ain't no ^Cgood To ^Ffollow a ^Gcowboy that ^Cway

The ^Flady she'd ^Csing him to ^Gsleep in the ^Cnight And ^Fin the ^Emmorning he'd ^Ggo ^FShe loved the ^Cdarkness and ^Ghated the ^Clight ^DAlong with that damn rode^Go

The ^CNew Jersey ^Flady the ^Gday that he ^Cdied She ^Fcovered him ^Emover with ^G7clay And ^Cfeeling the ^Fwind in the ^Gnight as she ^Ccried ^FShe heard the ^Gold cowboy ^Csay