Rodney Crowell - Nashville 1972

I ^Ghad a dog named Banjo ^C and a girl named ^GMuffin I just blew in from Texas, ^D I didn't know ^Gnothing But I found my way around this town with a ^Cfriend I made named ^GGuy Who loved Susanna, ^D and so did ^GI

Now, there was this ^Grun down shack on Acklen Avenue that I ^Cshared with Skinny ^GDennis And a poet name of Richard Dobson who ^Dhad a novel he'd never ^Gfinish That's when Johnny Rodriguez, David Olney and ^CSteve Earle first came ^Gthrough And every other guitar bum whose ^Dname I never ^Gknew

^COld school ^GNashville, ^DHarlan Howard, ^GBob McDill ^CTom T. Hall, go ^Gdrink your fill, and ^Dblow us all a^Gway

Now, there was this ^Gtight-rope-walker who called herself "The ^CQueen of Pough^Gkeepsie" Who ran away from the circus with some ^Droustabout redneck ^Ggypsy Now, they were Townes Van Zandt fans and ^C prone to ^Gcombustion They fought like dogs in Spanish ^D and made love in ^GRussian

I ^Emwish Newberry and ^DBuck White would ^Cdrop on by the ^Ghouse tonight ^Em Things have changed 'round ^Dhere you bet, but ^Cit don't seem much ^Dbetter yet

I ^Gfirst met Willie Nelson with some ^Cfriends at a ^Gparty I was twenty-two years old and he ^Dmust've been pushing ^Gforty Now, there was hippies and reefer and God knows what all, I was ^Cdrinking pretty ^Ghard I played him this shitty song I wrote, then ^Dpuked out in the ^Gyard

^COld school ^GNashville, ^DHarlan Howard, ^GBob McDill ^CTom T. Hall, go ^Gdrink your fill, and ^Dblow us all a^Gway ^CTom T. Hall, go ^Gdrink your fill, and ^Dblow us all a^Gway