The Front Porch Song - Robert Earl Keen Chords
Chords: G, Em, C, D
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Genre: country, folk, rock
[Intro]
G Em C D x2
[Verse 1]
G Em
This old porch is just a big old red and white Hereford bull
C D
Standin' under a mesquite tree in Agua Dulce, Texas
G Em
He just keeps on playin' hide and seek with that hot August sun
C D G
He's sweatin' and a-pantin' 'cause his work is never done
Em C D
Oh no, he's got them cows and that red top cane
[Verse 2]
G Em
This old porch is just a steamin' greasy plate of enchiladas
C D
With lots of cheese and onions and a guacamole salad
G Em
You can get them at the LaSalle Hotel in old downtown
C D G
With iced tea and a waitress who will smile every time
Em C D
Yeah, she will, I left a quarter tip on my ten dollar bill
[Verse 3]
G Em
This old porch is a palace walk-in on a main street in Texas
C D
It ain't never seen or heard the day of G and R and X's
G Em
With the '62 poster that's almost faded down
C D G
And a screen without a picture since Giant came to town
Em C D G
Oh no, I love them Junior Mints and them Red Hots, too, yes I do
Em C D
Ah, yeah, and old movie pictures
[Interlude]
G Em C D
[Verse 4]
G Em
This old porch is just a weathered, grey haired 70 years of Texas
C D
He's doin' all he can not to give in to the city
G Em
And he always takes the rent late so long as I run his cattle
C D
He picks me up at dinner time, I listen to him rattle
[Verse 5]
G Em
He says, "The Brazos still runs muddy like she's run all along
C D
There ain't never been no cane to grind, the cotton's all but gone
G Em
And, you know, this Chevrolet pickup truck, she was somethin' back in '60"
C D
Now there ain't nobody listenin' to him, 'cause they all think he's crazy
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