West Texas Highway chords by Michael Martin Murphey

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I was

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driving down a West Texas highway
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Saw a hitchhiker,
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he was going my way
and he didn't look suspicious,
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and he didn't look any too clean.
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Put on my brakes and I
opened my door,
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I could tell he was a bum
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by the muddy boots he wore.
He said, I'm going down to Haskell,
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I got a woman down in Abilene.
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He said, East Texas is where I come from,
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I was working in a rodeo
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and it sure got humdrums
so I'm traveling around
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and a whole lot of Texas
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I've seen.
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I'm mighty glad you was going my way
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In your brand new clothes
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and your great big Chevrolet
I'm going down to Haskell
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I've got a woman down in Abilene
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He's grinning like a possum
And a mighty happy rascal
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He waved goodbye
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when I let him out in Haskell
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An d that's about the last
of that road tram
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I   ever have seen
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But I'm still wishing to this very day
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That he had my clothes
and my big Chevrolet
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And it was me going to Haskell
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with a woman down in Abilene
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I'm still wishin' to this very day
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that he had my clothes
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and my big Chevrolet,
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and it was me goin' to high school
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with a woman down in Abilene.
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me.