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
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Album: Childish Things
Capo 3 fret
C F C
I?ve got it all to myself now
G C
Crack the window just a hair
F C
Dark and close, the way I like it
G C
Black tobacco chokes the air
C F C
I keep to myself, I lack the language
G C
I measure out my life with coffee grounds
F C
The trees are the color of ashes
G C
In Charle magne?s home town
G F
And I said I didn?t fear the distance
G F
As if I?d ever been that tough
C
I can hear your voice across the water
G C
But that?s nowhere near enough
F C
Won?t you fly across that ocean
F G C
Take a train on down
F C
Because the night?s growing lonesome
F G C
In Charle magne?s home town
C F C
The fortune teller told me nothing
G C
That I wouldn?t have found out on my own
F C
She read my palm and she took my money
G C
She looked at me with eyes of stone
C F C
She said the odds are long and stacked against us
G C
Still we try because we must
F C
To keep from leaving our senses
G C
Long forgotten in the dust
G
Like the bones of some saint
F
Beneath a church floor
G F
Who must have died for lack of light
C
The color snapshots I sent you
G C
All came out in black and white
F C
Won?t you fly across that ocean
F G C
Take a train on down
F C
Because the night?s growing lonesome
F G C
In Charle magne?s home town
[Solo]
C F C
There?s a lonely child on a snow white pony
G C
On a carousel in the market place
F C
He sits on that horse and he looks right through me
G C
A shadow falls across his face
C F C
What will I do when my glass is empty
G C
What will I do when it all comes down
C F C
What will I do when it comes to nothing
G C
In Charle magne?s home town
C F C
What will I do when it comes to nothing
G C
In Charle magne?s home town
Capo 3 fret
C F C
I?ve got it all to myself now
G C
Crack the window just a hair
F C
Dark and close, the way I like it
G C
Black tobacco chokes the air
C F C
I keep to myself, I lack the language
G C
I measure out my life with coffee grounds
F C
The trees are the color of ashes
G C
In Charle magne?s home town
G F
And I said I didn?t fear the distance
G F
As if I?d ever been that tough
C
I can hear your voice across the water
G C
But that?s nowhere near enough
F C
Won?t you fly across that ocean
F G C
Take a train on down
F C
Because the night?s growing lonesome
F G C
In Charle magne?s home town
C F C
The fortune teller told me nothing
G C
That I wouldn?t have found out on my own
F C
She read my palm and she took my money
G C
She looked at me with eyes of stone
C F C
She said the odds are long and stacked against us
G C
Still we try because we must
F C
To keep from leaving our senses
G C
Long forgotten in the dust
G
Like the bones of some saint
F
Beneath a church floor
G F
Who must have died for lack of light
C
The color snapshots I sent you
G C
All came out in black and white
F C
Won?t you fly across that ocean
F G C
Take a train on down
F C
Because the night?s growing lonesome
F G C
In Charle magne?s home town
[Solo]
C F C
There?s a lonely child on a snow white pony
G C
On a carousel in the market place
F C
He sits on that horse and he looks right through me
G C
A shadow falls across his face
C F C
What will I do when my glass is empty
G C
What will I do when it all comes down
C F C
What will I do when it comes to nothing
G C
In Charle magne?s home town
C F C
What will I do when it comes to nothing
G C
In Charle magne?s home town
