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"The Armadillo Jackal" by Robert Earl Keen From: Moondog 96 <skywise@io.com> This song uses a capo on the 3rd fret and all the chords are listed as the 3rd fret being open.
AmThe evening sun was sinkin' down, aG chill north wind a-blows FThe new-plowed ground was coolin' fast, the river Erolls and flows
Beneath the two-Amlane concrete river bridge beGtween my place and town On that Fhot-bed Farm to Market road they Ecall 1291
I'm sayin' sAmon you'll see me searchin'; sizzlin'G down that broad hiway FDollar signs in both my eyes, I'm seekin'E out my prey. I'm prayin'
&Amquot;Jesus, will you send me Gjust another three or four'" They pay two-Ffifty down in Halletsville, 3 dollars, Emaybe more.
And more than likeAmly they'll be out tonight a-Gwanderin' from the farms; FWaddlin' down 1291 to keep tEheir bodies warm.
I'm talking walkAmin' belts and neckties, and bGoots for rodeo; They don't rFun too fast, don't waste much gas. I'm makin'E lots o'dough.
The armadiAmllo....Co....Go...Do The armadiAmllo....Co....Go...Do The armadillo (after this use the same chord progression as the first verse)
Never sees me when I hit him with my brights. His life don't flash Before his eyes, he's blinded by my lights and so I hit him with my Bumper doin' sixty, sixty-five; they take 'em frozen down in Halletsville They don't take 'em alive. The jackal cri....i....i...ied The jackal cri....i....i...ied The jackal cried, "Look there's two of Them a-walkin' down the line. I can't believe my luck tonight this here Makes twenty-nine!" And so he rolled the first one runnin'. The second Was too fast. His breaks and laughter squealin' as he stomped down on the Gas. Good-God, his car was sideways flyin', when the bridge wall met his Door. The impact shook the river bed his foot went through the floor Forevermore....or....or...ore Forevermore....or....or....ore Forevermore was his last moment from the bridge wall to the stream; from The speckled blood around his smile a-spewin' gasoline. And then he Screamed his raspy epitaph, before he turned to flame: "They pay two-fifty down in Halletsville.... I ain't the one to blame....." Ain't it a sha....a....a...ame The jackal cri....i....i...ied The armadillo....o....o...o The armadillo....o....o...o (repeat until fade) submitted by wildstar@ix.netcom.com