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The Ballad Of The Snow Leopard And The Tanqueray Cowboy by Lyle Lovett
The Ballad Of The Snow Leopard And The Tanqueray Cowboy
Tuning: D A D G B E
Key: D
Tempo 118ish
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Comfort me, says she with your conversation
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And a cocktail And the candlelight in your eyes
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It's funny how we hunger, For some inspiration,
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And everything else that money just won't buy
[Refrain 1]
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Men have lied, Many good girls have gone astray just to hear the gypsy
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play one more lilting cowboy tune and as the
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Rivers run dry and the mountains blow away they sing of lovers and how they
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Lay 'neath this crazy frontier moon.
[Verse 2]
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I ain't no golden boy, and I ain't no Grecian Dancer
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And a I ain't no loud mouth cowboy from the west
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I ain't that kinda man, with all the answers.
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But I surely know, the songs that suit me best
[Refrain 2]
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But lately I've had somethin' on my mind, it's growin' stronger all the
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time, callin' out when i'm alone But I'm a
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Poet, and I'm bound to walk the line, between the real and the sub-
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lime. And give the muses, back, their own.
[Break]
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[Verse 3]
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It's a penny for your thoughts, it's a dollar for your kisses
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I keep a runnin' tab on the time
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'Cause what i've got the most of, is what she misses
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The clock is hers, the hourglass is mine
[Refrain 3]
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But I'm her Lover, not a man bent on revenge, hangin' out here on the
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fringe, of my native borderlands By countin' the
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Days the sun shone golden 'cross her head, we were lyin' on the banks of the bayeaux's
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edge, kickin' up some, southeast texas, sand.
[Verse 1]
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Comfort me, says she with your conversation
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And a cocktail And the candlelight in your eyes
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It's funny how we hunger, For some inspiration,
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And everything else that money just won't buy
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And everything else that money just won't buy
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And everything else that money just won't
[Outro]
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ritard
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I play this by essentially using Travis picking for the chords. For the most part the
picking pattern i follow is:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
p p p p p p p
The first two chords of of the refrains (G A) are strummed and then start picking again with the Bm.
Comfort me said she
With your conversation
With the cocktails
And the candlelight
In your eyes
It's funny how we hunger
For some inspiration
And everything else
That money just won't buy
Men have lied
Many good girls have gone astray
Just to hear the gypsy play
One more lilting cowboy tune
And as the rivers run dry
And the mountains blow away
They sing of lovers and how they lay
Beneath this crazy frontier moon
I ain't no golden boy
I ain't no grecian dancer
And I ain't no loudmouthed cowboy
From the west
I'm not the kind of man
With all the answers
But I surely know the songs
That suit me best
But lately I've had something on my mind
It's growing stronger all the time
Calling out when I'm alone
But I'm a poet
And I'm bound to walk the line
Between the real and the sublime
And give the muses back their own
It's a penny for your thoughts
It's a dollar for you kisses
Keep a running tab on the time
'Cause what I've got the most of
Is what she misses
The clock is hers
The hourglass is mine
But I'm her lover
Not a man bent on revenge
Hanging out here on the fringe
Of my native borderlands
Counting the days
The sun shone golden across her head
Lying on the banks of the bayou's edge
Kicking up some southeast texas sand
| p Pull-off
| h Hammer-on
| / Slide up
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