Walk Throught the Bottomland
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Walk Throught the Bottomland
Lyle Lovett
A
C
New Jersey
F
lady I
G
knew long
C
ago
And
F
she was a
Em
lady I
G7
say
But
C
she met a
F
cowboy who
G
rode on a
C
rodeo
And
F
he stole her
G
heart straight
C
away
The
C
New Jersey
F
lady she
G
loved him so
C
true
An
F
other love
Em
she never
G7
had
But
C
cowboys are
F
lonesome and
G
cowboys are
C
blue
And
F
they make the
G
ladies so
C
sad
Chorus
F
Sing me a
C
melody
F
Sing me a
C
blues
F
Walk through the
C
bottomland
G
without no
C
shoes
F
The Brazos she's
C
running scared
F
She heard the
C
news
F
Walk through the
C
bottomland
G
without no
C
shoes
The
C
New Jersey
F
lady knew
G
he loved her
C
too
And you
F
know she
Em
tried to hold
G7
on
But the
C
rodeo
F
life was the
G
life that he
C
knew
He
F
had to keep
G
drifting a
C
long
C
She never
F
married and
G
she never
C
would
And
F
all of the
Em
people they'd
G7
say
The
C
New Jersey
F
lady she
G
just ain't no
C
good
To
F
follow a
G
cowboy that
C
way
Chorus
The
F
lady she'd
C
sing him to
G
sleep in the
C
night
And
F
in the
Em
morning he'd
G
go
F
She loved the
C
darkness and
G
hated the
C
light
D
Along with that damn rode
G
o
The
C
New Jersey
F
lady the
G
day that he
C
died
She
F
covered him
Em
over with
G7
clay
And
C
feeling the
F
wind in the
G
night as she
C
cried
F
She heard the
G
old cowboy
C
say
Chorus
Speed