Texas Drought Part 1 chords by
Rodney Crowell

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Key: G major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
C C 
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The sidewalks are blazing hot like
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white- fire from a pistol shot
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C C 
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The sun at its zenith is proudly displayed
The old man across the street can't
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hardly stand the heat
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He'd pay a king's ransom for one
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patch of shade. (There's)
Cracks in the creek bed deep dry dirt
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where the craw dead sleep
D D 
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Dust in the birdbath is out of control
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The treefrogs have ceased to sing
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fireflies have lost their zing
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And life on the rice farm
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is taking a toll

Verse 2
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D D 
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Brazos river s less than three
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feet deep.
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C C 
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Watermelon farmers wife can't sleep.
Dust dripping from a
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F F 
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windmill spout
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Everybody wants to end

Interlude 1

this drought

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Verse 3
D D 
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Am Am 
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The firetrucks and sirens scream like
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scenes from an old bad dream
Baug Baug 
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Em Em 
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The drought seeps into your bones
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C C 
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till your last drink of water's gone
And a rise from the ashes falls
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on your head

Verse 4
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The jukebox plays Jimmy Reed dry-
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winds blow tumbleweed
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The blues and the night have
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a mind of their own
With beer joints to slake our thirst we wait for the great cloud-
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D D 
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burst Pray let there be raindrops the size of a stone
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Verse 5
G G 
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D D 
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Witch doctor beat the tom-
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tom loud
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C C 
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Helicopter pilot seed the clouds
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Baptist preacher get your prayer book out
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D D 
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Somebody's got to end
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this drought
D D 
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Cattle rancher watch the skies all day
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D D 
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Sun is shining but you can't make hay
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Am Am 
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The only thing that's left to talk about
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D D 
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Is how on earth we're gonna end this
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drought. No doubt