Levelland
Robert Earl KeenVersion1
90
Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
Flatter than a tabletop
Makes you wonder why they stopped here
Wagon must have lost a wheel or they lacked ambition one
On the great migration west
Separated from the rest
Though they might have tried their best
They never caught the sun
So they sunk some roots down in the dirt
To keep from blowin' off the earth
Built a town around here
And when the dust had all but cleared
They called it Levelland, the pride of man
In Levelland
Granddad grew the dry land wheat
Stood on his own two feet
His mind got incomplete and they put him into the home
Daddy's cotton grows so high
Sucks the water table dry
Rollin sprinklers circle by
Bleedin' them to the bone
And I won't be here when it comes a day
It all dries up and blows away
I'd hang around just to see
But they never had much use for me in Levelland
They don't understand me out in Levelland
And I watch those jet trails carvin up that big blue sky
Coast to coasters watch 'em go
And I never would blame 'em one damn bit
If they never looked down on this
Not much here they'd wanna know
Just Levelland
Far as you can point your hand
Nothin' but Levelland
Mama used to roll her hair
Back before the central air
We'd sit outside and watch the stars at night
She'd tell me to make a wish
I'd wish we both could fly
Don't think she's seen the sky
Since we got the satellite dish and
I can hear the marching band
Doin' the best they can to play
"Smoke on the Water", "Joy to the World"
I've paid off all my debts
Got some change left over yet and I'm
Gettin' on a whisper jet
I'm gonna fly as far as I can get from Levelland
doin' the best I can
Out in Levelland - imagine that
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Readable chord sheet for Levelland by Robert Earl Keen
[D] [G] [D] [Bm] [G] [D]Flatter than a tabletop [G]Makes you wonder why they stopped here [D]Wagon must have [Bm]lost a wheel or they [G]lacked ambition one [D]On the great migration west [G]Separated from the rest [D]Though they might have [Bm]tried their best They [G]never caught the sun So they [A]sunk some roots down in the dirt To [G]keep from blowin' off the earth [A]Built a town around here And when the [G]dust had all but [A]cleared They called it [D]Levelland, the [G]pride of man [A] In [D]Levelland [G] [A] [D]Granddad grew the dry land wheat [G]Stood on his own two feet [D]His mind got [Bm]incomplete and they [G]put him into the home [D]Daddy's cotton grows so high [G]Sucks the water table dry [D]Rollin sprinklers [Bm]circle by [G]Bleedin' them to the bone And I [A]won't be here when it comes a day It [G]all dries up and blows away I'd [A]hang around just to see But they [G]never had much [A]use for me in [D]Levelland They don't [G]understand [A]me out in [D]Levelland [G] [A] And I [G]watch those jet trails [Bm]carvin up that [A]big blue sky [E] [G]Coast to [Bm]coasters watch 'em go [A] And I [G]never would blame 'em [Bm]one damn bit If they [A]never looked down on [D]this [G]Not much [Bm]here they'd wanna [A]know Just [D]Levelland Far as you can [G]point your hand [A] Nothin' but [D]Levelland [G] [A] [G] [Bm] [A] [D] [G] [Bm] [A] [G] [Bm] [A] [D] [G] [Bm] [A] [D]Mama used to roll her hair [G]Back before the central air [D]We'd sit outs[Bm]ide and watch the [G]stars at night [D]She'd tell me to make a wish [G]I'd wish we both could fly [D]Don't think she's [Bm]seen the sky [G]Since we got the satellite dish and [D]I can hear the marching band [G]Doin' the best they can to play [D]"Smoke on the [Bm]Water", "[G]Joy to the World" [D]I've paid off all my debts [G]Got some change left over yet and I'm [D]Gettin' on a [Bm]whisper jet I'm gonna [G]fly as far as I can [A]get from [D]Levelland doin' the [G]best I can [A] Out in [D]Levelland - imagine [G]that [A] ([D] [G] [A])x4 [Bm] [G] [A] [D]