The Floating Men - East of the sunrise

^DWoo-o^Go-oo-^F#oo-ooo^{Bm F# Bm Em A} [Verse 1] I know ^Dall about those big city ^Gwomen I know what ^F#goes on in those back rooms at ^Bmnight A ^F#handsome young man with his^Bm wallet in his hand Can get ^Emby on a wink and a ^Asmile I can ^Dprey on the urban rom^Gantics Weeping ^F#haiku over café au ^Bmlait I can ^F#load up the truck when things ^Bmstart to heatup And if the ^Esuswaitresses beg me to ^Astay

I’ll say Look for my ^Dtaillights,^G East of the ^Dsunrise ^G You don’t understand, ma’am, I’m ^F#way too much man for such a ^Emcivilized life ^A Listen for ^Dbloodhounds,^G West of the su^F#ndown ^Bm Don’t get me ^Gwrong, but theres things going ^Don out there you and I know ^Emnothing about ^A

Well, there’s ^Dway too much money in ^GDallas I feel ob^F#liged to set some of it ^Bmfree I might leave ^F#part of my heart down in ^BmTexas But I’ll take a ^Emshitload of Texas with ^Ame Maybe I’ll ^Dmarry a billionaire’s ^Gdaughter become an em^F#barrassment out at the ^Bmclub I’ll start ^F#in on the gin by ^Bmeleven a.m. And when my ^Emin-laws start getting fed ^Aup

I’ll say Look for my ^Dtaillights,^G East of the ^Dsunrise ^G I don’t give a damn, ma’am, I’m ^F#way too much man for your bran^Emd of sanitized life ^A Listen for ^Dbloodhounds,^G West of the su^F#ndown ^Bm Don’t get me ^Gwrong, but theres things going ^Don out there you and I know ^Emnothing about ^A

Well, I can ^Dknock over banks out in the ^GBadlands And start my ^F#own band of thieves on the ^Bmrun ^F#Disappearing into the desert at nigh^Bmt Building ^Emcampfires and polishing ^Aguns ^DLiving off biscuits and jerky^{G F#}Whisky and twisted cigars ^{Bm F#}Falling in love with my ^Bmhostage And being ^Emglamorized by fools with guit^Aars

Singing, Look for my ^Dtaillights,^G East of the ^Dsunrise ^G No thank you, ma’am, I got some ^F#awful big living to cram into ^Emsuch a small life ^A Listen for bloodho^Dunds,^G West of the sundow^F#n ^Bm Don’t get me ^Gwrong, but theres things going ^Don out there you and I know ^Emnothing about ^A

^DOh..^G. ^F#Oh...^{Bm F#} Woo^Bm-oo-o^Emo-oo ^{A D}Hmm.^G.. ^F#Hmm..^Bm. ^F# Woo^Bm-oo-o^Emo-oo ^A

Well, if I ^Dever do make it back home ag^Gain ^F# I probably won’t be aliv^Bme Tell my ^F#mother and father I ^Bmmissed them And kiss all my ^Emsisters and brothers good-^Abye ^{Asus D} Bury me out on the Tr^Ginity Plain Where the ^F#clay is carnation red^Bm Plant a ^F#Muscadine vine, Where my ^Bmfootstone should lie And a ^Emhalo of pines at my ^Ahead

And Look for my ^Dtaillights,^G East of the ^Dsunrise ^G You never did understand, I was ^F#way too much man for ^Emsuch a tiny little life^A Look for a ^Ddust cloud, ^G West of the ^F#sundown ^Bm Don’t get me ^Gwrong, but theres things going ^Don out there you might want to ^Emfind out about^A

^DOh..^G. ^F#Oh...^{Bm F#} Woo^Bm-oo-o^Emo-oo ^{A D}Oh..^G. ^F#Oh...^{Bm F#} Woo^Bm-oo-o^Emo-oo ^A Bm