D 200232 (D/F#)
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I had a dog named Banjo and a girl named Muffin
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I just blew in from Texas, I didn't know nothing
C G
But I found my way around this town with a friend I made named Guy
D G
Who loved Susanna, and so did I
[Verse 2]
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Now, there was this run down shack on Acklen Avenue that I shared with Skinny Dennis
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And a poet name of Richard Dobson who had a novel he'd never finish
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That's when Johnny Rodriguez, David Olney and Steve Earle first came through
D G
And every other guitar bum whose name I never knew
[Chorus]
C G D G
Old school Nashville, Harlan Howard, Bob McDill
C G D G
Tom T. Hall, go drink your fill, and blow us all away
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
G C G
Now, there was this tight-rope-walker who called herself "The Queen of Poughkeepsie"
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Who ran away from the circus with some roustabout redneck gypsy
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Now, they were Townes Van Zandt fans and prone to combustion
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They fought like dogs in Spanish and made love in Russian
[Bridge]
Em D C G
I wish Newberry and Buck White would drop on by the house tonight
Em D C D
Things have changed 'round here you bet, but it don't seem much better yet
[Verse 4]
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I first met Willie Nelson with some friends at a party
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I was twenty-two years old and he must've been pushing forty
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Now, there was hippies and reefer and God knows what all, I was drinking pretty hard
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I played him this shitty song I wrote, then puked out in the yard
[Chorus]
C G D G
Old school Nashville, Harlan Howard, Bob McDill
C G D G
Tom T. Hall, go drink your fill, and blow us all away
C G D G
Tom T. Hall, go drink your fill, and blow us all away
