Ray Wylie Hubbard - Loco Gringos Lament guitar chord

Loco Gringos Lament

By Ray Wylie Hubbard

Tabbed By Larry Mofle

rmofle@satx.rr.com

4/25/04

Capo 4

G

Wild young cowboy out on the highway

G

Telecaster kid of the rockin trade

G D

Lost unto the straight and narrow

G

To honky tonks and masquerade

G

Tempted by a thousand pleasures

G

Its foolish comfort for the soul

D

A deadly shot missed a shadow

G

There ain’t no sign posts along this road.

Chours:

C

It is such a sweet temptation

G

it gives such a brief relief

D

It is such a false sensation

G

How come that’s so hard to believe

Hiram Williams was in the back seat

Of a Cadillac on New Year's Day

He closed his eyes and sang his last song

Mister Leon Payne's "The Lost Highway"

That same old song with the sad sweet ending

Is playing somewhere south of town

By a band of hard young rockers

Who never think they’ll see the sun go down

Chorus

A young angel sings in sorrow

For the broken hearted and betrayed

A last waltz for the wild young cowboys

Who never came back from the lost highway

An old Diablo waits in silence

For the loco gringo young in years

He waits alone in heavens shadows

With a stolen horse and tequila tears

Chorus