This is how I feel the majority of the time. The world, most of the time, is just too complicated. Too noisy. Too hard to figure out.
Sometimes, all I want to do is ditch everything except Sue, Vida, and that old pickup that's just about on its last legs. I wish we had a cabin somewhere and a long, tree-shaded dirt lane that led up to it. A garden out back. A big old barn. A few animals. Definitely a dog, or two. Aussies. And chickens. Maybe a couple of goats. A horse for Sue.
Gram Parsons wrote it. Uncle Tupelo sang it later. Because they realized what a great song it is.
Blue Eyes by
Uncle Tupelo
INTRO:
G
VERSE 1:
G D
Sometimes I
get upset when people treat me bad
C G
I don't have
time to think and so I get real mad
C
And I pull
my hair and find somewhere where I can be alone
D G
And when I
do I think of you and head myself back home
CHORUS:
C
D G
Where I got
chores to keep me busy, a clock to keep my time
C G D
A pretty
girl to love me, with the same last name as mine
C G
When the
flowers wilt, a big old quilt to keep us warm
D
I got the
sun to see your blue eyes, and tonight you're in my
G
arms
VERSE 2:
G D
Sometimes I
get unwound when fancy cars drive past
C G
Money don't
get me down, I can't make it last
C
And I bite
my nails and if that fails I go get myself stoned
D G
And when I
do I think of you and head myself back home
CHORUS
HARMONICA
SOLO:
| G | G | D
| D |
| D | C | C
| G |
REPEAT VERSE
2
CHORUS
END:
G C D G
