Biography:
James McMurtry (born March 18, 1962 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a Texas rock/Texas Country singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader and occasional actor (Daisy Miller, Lonesome Dove). He performs as James McMurtry And The Heartless Bastards with veteran bandmates and rhythm section Darren Hess and Ronnie Johnson (not to be confused with the Cincinnati, OH, band Heartless Bastards).
The son of acclaimed author Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove, Terms of Endearment), James grew up on a steady diet of Johnny Cash and Roy Acuff records.
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Other songs:
- Broken Bed
- Charlemagnes Home Town
- Childish Things
- Choctaw Bingo
- Copper Canteen
- Crazy Wind
- Dont Waste Away
- Fast As I Can Acoustic
- Fireline Road
- Fuller Brush Man
- Gulf Road
- Hands Like Rain
- Hurricane Party
- Iolanthe
- Lights Of Cheyenne
- Lost In The Backyard
- Memorial Day
- Out Here In The Middle
- Painting By Numbers
- Pocatello
- Ruby And Carlos
- State Of The Union
- Too Long In The Wasteland
- Walk Between The Raindrops
- We Cant Make It Here
- We Cant Make It Here Anymore
- Wheres Johnny
- You Got To Me
N.C. A
He was a drinking man with a guitar problem
E B
Didn't have a dollar to his name
E A
He didn't seem to mind that all that often
E B
He mostly took whatever came
A B
And if it came too late, or it came to nothing
E A
He'd swear beneath his breath
E Esus4 E Esus4
There's gotta be something to it
E Esus4 E
There's gotta be something to it
N.C. A
She lost her mind and she never missed it
E B
Folks all said she'd never learn
E A
She'd take the path of least resistance
E B
Right to the point of no return
A B
Apprehended on occasion, got off easy every time
E A
Said there's gotta be something to it, something to it
E Esus4 E Esus4
Don't know why else you'd wanna, put yourself through it
Chorus
B E B E
Well, the nights are gettin' colder, restless as the wind
B E A B A E
I'll be comin' over, fast as I can, fast as I can
N.C. A
Well, he had some lines, but he never used them
E B
She didn't need much talkin' to
E A
And he thought he'd died and gone to Houston
E B
By the time the dawn burned off the dew
A B
And it lit right up, like Roman candles, like fire and gasoline
E A
And there must have been something to it, something to it
E Esus4 E Esus4
Didn't mess around, they had to get right to it
Repeat Chorus
N.C. A
So for a while they carried on like rabbits
E B
They''d disappear for days and nights
E A
You might say they learned, each other''s habits
E B
You might say that became their life
A B
And life wasn''t long, life wasn''t easy
E A
Life wasn''t cheap, life wasn''t fair
E Esus4 E Esus4
And there might have been something to it, something to it
Repeat Chorus Twice
Esus4 - 022200
He was a drinking man with a guitar problem
E B
Didn't have a dollar to his name
E A
He didn't seem to mind that all that often
E B
He mostly took whatever came
A B
And if it came too late, or it came to nothing
E A
He'd swear beneath his breath
E Esus4 E Esus4
There's gotta be something to it
E Esus4 E
There's gotta be something to it
N.C. A
She lost her mind and she never missed it
E B
Folks all said she'd never learn
E A
She'd take the path of least resistance
E B
Right to the point of no return
A B
Apprehended on occasion, got off easy every time
E A
Said there's gotta be something to it, something to it
E Esus4 E Esus4
Don't know why else you'd wanna, put yourself through it
Chorus
B E B E
Well, the nights are gettin' colder, restless as the wind
B E A B A E
I'll be comin' over, fast as I can, fast as I can
N.C. A
Well, he had some lines, but he never used them
E B
She didn't need much talkin' to
E A
And he thought he'd died and gone to Houston
E B
By the time the dawn burned off the dew
A B
And it lit right up, like Roman candles, like fire and gasoline
E A
And there must have been something to it, something to it
E Esus4 E Esus4
Didn't mess around, they had to get right to it
Repeat Chorus
N.C. A
So for a while they carried on like rabbits
E B
They''d disappear for days and nights
E A
You might say they learned, each other''s habits
E B
You might say that became their life
A B
And life wasn''t long, life wasn''t easy
E A
Life wasn''t cheap, life wasn''t fair
E Esus4 E Esus4
And there might have been something to it, something to it
Repeat Chorus Twice
Esus4 - 022200
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