WEST TEXAS HIGHWAY By: Michael Martin Murphy and Boomer Castleman Recorded by: Lyle Lovett Album: Step Inside this House

Now I was a'^F7driving down A West Texas highway I ^Bb7seen a hitchhiker His ^E7thumb was pointin my way He ^F7didn't look suspicious He ^Ddidn't look any too ^G7cle^C7an So I, ^F7I put on my brakes

And I opened up the door

I could ^Bb7tell he was a bum By the ^E7boots he wore He said I'm ^F7going down to ^DHaskell ^G7Got a woman back in ^C7Abil^F7ene.^Bb7 ^F7 ^C7 He told me ^F7son East Texas

Is where I come from

I ^Bb7been ridin' that Jacksonville Rodeo And ^E7I got humdrum I'm ^F7travelling around A ^Dwhole lot of Texas I've ^G7see^C7n

Yes and ^F7I'm, I'm mighty glad You was pushin' down my way In your ^Bb7fancy clothes And this ^E7shiny Chevrolet ^F7Said I'm going down to ^DHaskell ^G7Got a woman back in ^C7Abil^F7ene.^Bb7 ^C7

--- Dobro / Piano leads

You know ^F7he was grinning like a possum And a mighty happy rascal He ^Bb7waved good-bye When I ^E7let him out in Haskell And ^F7that's about the last Of that ^Droad tramp That I've ever ^G7see^C7n But you know that ^F7I'm still wishing

To this very day

That ^Bb7he had my clothes And this ^E7shiny Chevrolet And it was ^F7me going to ^DHaskell With a ^G7woman down in ^C7Abi^F7len^Bb7e. ^F7

^F7But you know that I'm still wishing To this very day That ^Bb7he had my clothes And this ^E7shiny Chevrolet And it was ^F7me going to ^DHaskell G7 C7 F7 Bb7 F7/E7-F7 (slide up) With a woman down in Abilene.

Lyle Lovett - West texas highway