Tony Joe White : Misc

II

Em

As the crow flies, baby Well I ain't too far from you As the crow flies, baby Well I ain't too far from you

B7

Yeah, but since I don't have wings

A

Em

Well I can't get home as fast as I want to Well you don't know, baby How I've missed your sweet caress Well you don't know, mama How I've missed your sweet caress, oh yeah Yeah, now when I'm in your lovin' arms Oh, I'm at my very best In a dream last night Well I heard you call my name In a dream last night Well I heard you call my name Yeah, I took it as an omen And I jumped on the very first freight train As the crow flies, baby Well I ain't too far from you, oh no no As the crow flies, mama Well I ain't too far from you Yeah, but since I don't have wings Well I can't get home as fast as I want to

Am

G

Am

At the time I was too young for the meaning

Am

G

Am

But it's become much clearer through the years

Am

G

F

We gathered round the boy in his army clothes

Dm

Em

Am

Said goodbye and his mother shed her tears Every day she watched for the postman But the long awaited letter was overdue It's not the silence that makes you crazy It's the sound of a heart breaking in two

F

G

Am

Then it came across the ocean

F

G

Am

It was hard to understand the awful news

F

G

Am

I don't know why I still remember

Dm

Em

Am

I guess it's just the Lake Placid Blues I turned eighteen and left that part of the country Went down on the Padre Island coast Of all the hard times I still remember The repossession of the guitar hurt the most The paupers stood in line outside the mission And I huddled there beside them in the rain A priest came to the door with empty eyes I could see he no longer felt their pain Some were searchin' for forgiveness And others only wanted food I needed more than I could ask for There is no comfort with the Lake Placid Blues It's hard to find good friends in a lifetime You can usually count 'em on one hand I shivered by the fire and the dawn was breakin' And I scattered his ashes on the sand And the silver cranes came over in formation In a sacred manner they flew And I will always remember The sky, the Lake Placid Blues

E

I was thinking about parking the other night

G

A

E

We was out on a back road

E

Me and my woman was just gettin' right

G

A

E

All systems on overload The radio blasting in the front seat Turning out the music fine We was snuggled up in the back seat Making up for lost time

E

D

A

E

Steamy windows, zero visibility

E

D

A

E

Steamy windows, coming from the body heat You can wine and dine with a woman all night With good intent But there's something about a confrontation on a back road Breaks down the defense Steamy windows, zero visibility Steamy windows, coming from the body heat

Instrumental verse

There's a sound outside the front door And I know it's just the wind But it makes her snuggle up just a little bit closer And it starts things happening again Steamy windows, ain't nobody can see Steamy windows, coming from the body heat Steamy windows, zero visibility Steamy windows, coming from the body heat

E

Steamy windows Steamy windows

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)

G

Well, I woke up Monday morning

D

Wondering if Tuesday would be this bad

G

Well, I woke up Monday morning

D

Wondering if Tuesday would be this bad

A7

Yeah, and I laid there thinking about last night

G

F

D

And all the bad whiskey I had There were ants in the sugar bowl And weevils in my cornmeal There were ants in the sugar bowl Weevils in my cornmeal My old lady said, let's sleep late I said, honey, I believe I will Yeah, and I went all the Stockholm Just to see what they were doing there Yeah, and I went all the Stockholm Just to see what they were doing there And if we hadn't flew out that snowstorm We'd be there till January

Tony Joe White : Misc

As The Crow Flies

Lake Placid Blues

Steamy Windows

Stockholm Blues