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Angeline by James McMurtry
Angeline
Tuning: E A D G B E
CHORUS:
F C G F
Angeline, Angeline, darker nights I've never seen
Am C G
I don't love these East Texas pines
F C G Fmaj7
Where I can't find my sleep in the shadows so deep
Am C G
And dark as the doubts in my mind
VERSE 1:
Am C G F
Slow train on the trestle, going east 'cross the Neches
Am C G
Like the one I got off of a long time ago
F C G Fmaj7
Outside of a little town where I never meant to settle down
Am C G
Not knowing the seeds I would sow
VERSE 2:
Am C G F
Barefoot in the autumn weeds, cotton dress hanging to your knees
Am C G
To the eyes of a stranger you offered a smile
Am C G Fmaj7
I went to work in your daddy's fields, didn't seem like such a bad deal
Am C G
At least it would do for a while
VERSE 3:
Am C G F
We were both young and unabashed, we took what life offered
Am C G
When the folks were distracted or too tired to care
Am C G Fmaj7
With a frost on the land the fates forced our hand
Am C G
Your dresses fit tighter with spring in the air
CHORUS:
F C G F
Angeline, Angeline, darker nights I've never seen
Am C G
I don't love these East Texas pines
F C G Fmaj7
Where I can't find my sleep in the shadows so deep
Am C G
And dark as the doubts in my mind
VERSE 4:
Am C G F
Now I watch the trains rattle on from the seat of the tractor
Am C G
Your daddy's old harness still hangs in the barn
Am C G Fmaj7
And your mama don't like it that our children all scattered
Am C G
She swears it's my blood: it was not meant to farm
VERSE 5:
Am C G F
And you and I don't talk a lot, we really don't have to
Am C G
We spent many years reading each other's minds
Am C G Fmaj7
We used up the lightning, now we don't bother fighting
Am C G
Such things will happen in time
CHORUS:
F C G F
Angeline, Angeline, darker nights I've never seen
Am C G
I don't love these East Texas pines
F C G Fmaj7
Where I can't find my sleep in the shadows so deep
Am C G
And dark as the doubts in my mind
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