Grievous Angel
Emmylou HarrisVersion1
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Chords in this song
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Won't you scratch my itch sweet Annie Rich
And welcome me back to town
Come out on your porch or I'll step into your parlour
And I'll tell you how it all went down
Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels
And a good saloon in every single town
And I remember something that you once told me
And I'll be damned if it did not come true
Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down
And they all lead me straight back home to you
We flew straight across that river bridge,
Last night half past two
The switchman waved his lantern goodbye and good day as we
Went rolling through
Billboards and truckstops pass by the grievous angel
And now I know just what I have to do
Cause I headed West to grow up with the country
Across those prairies with those waves of grain
And I saw my devil, and I saw my deep blue sea
And I thought about a calico bonnet from Cheyenne to Tennesee
The news I could bring I met up with the king
On his head an amphetamine crown
He talked about unbuckling that old bible belt
And headed out for some desert town
Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels
And a good saloon in every single town
And I remember something that you once told me
And I'll be damned if it did not come true
Twenty thousand roads I went down down down
And they all lead me straight back home to you
Twenty thousand roads I went down down down
And they all lead me straight back home to you
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Readable chord sheet for Grievous Angel by Emmylou Harris
W[B]on't you scratch my itch sweet An[E]nie Ric[B]h A[B]nd welcome me ba[F#]ck to tow[B]n C[B]ome out on your porch or I'll st[E]ep into your par[B]lour A[C#]nd I'll tell you how it al[F#]l went down O[B]ut with the truckers and the kickers and the cowbo[B7]y ange[E]ls A[B]nd a good saloon in every sin[E]gle town A[E]nd I remembe[F#]r something that you once[B] told me A[E]nd I'll be damned i[F#]f it did not come[B] true T[E]wenty thousand ro[F#]ads I went down[B], down,[Ebm] down [Abm] A[E]nd they all lead m[F#]e straight back home to[B] you W[B]e flew straight across that ri[E]ver bri[B]dge, L[F#]ast night h[B]alf past two T[B]he switchman waved his lantern go[E]odbye and good day[B] as we [C#] W[F#]ent rolling through B[B]illboards and truckstops pass by the gr[B7]ievous ang[E]el A[B]nd now I know ju[F#]st what I have to do [B] C[Ebm]ause I headed We[E]st to gro[F#]w up with [B]the country A[Abm]cross those prairies wi[F#]th those waves of gra[B]in A[Ebm]nd I saw my devil, an[E]d I saw [F#]my deep blu[B]e sea A[E]nd I thought about a cal[F#]ico bonnet fr[E]om Cheyenne t[F#]o Tennes[B]ee T[B]he news I could bring I met up[E] with the kin[B]g O[F#]n his head an[B] amphetamine crown H[E]e talked ab[B]out unbuckling that old bible belt A[C#]nd headed out for some deser[F#]t town O[B]ut with the truckers and the kickers and the co[B7]wboy ange[E]ls A[B]nd a good saloon in every sin[E]gle town A[E]nd I remembe[F#]r something that you once[B] told me A[E]nd I'll be damned i[F#]f it did not come[B] true T[E]wenty thousand ro[F#]ads I went dow[B]n down[Ebm] down [Abm] A[E]nd they all lead m[F#]e straight back home to[B] you T[E]wenty thousand ro[F#]ads I went dow[B]n down[Ebm] down [Abm] A[E]nd they all lead m[F#]e straight back home to[B] you