Townes Van Zandt : At My Window

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II

D

A

D

Well, when the wind don't blow in Amarillo

A

D

And the moon along the Gunnison don't rise

G

D

Shall I cast my dreams upon your love babe

D

A

D

And lie beneath the laughter of your eyes It's snowin' on Raton, come morning I'll be through them hills and gone Ah, Mother thinks the road is long and lonely Little brother thinks the road is straight and fine Well, little darling thinks the road is soft and lovely I'm thankful that old road's a friend of mine It's snowin' on Raton, come morning I'll be through them hills and gone Ah, bid the years goodbye, you cannot still them Well, you cannot turn the circles of the sun Well, you cannot count the miles until you feel them And you cannot hold a lover that is gone It's snowin' on Raton, come morning I'll be through them hills and gone

Instrumental verse and chorus

Well, tomorrow the mountains will be sleeping Silent beneath a blanket green and blue Ah, that I shall hear the silence they are keeping I'll bring all their promises to you It's snowin' on Raton, come morning I'll be through them hills and gone It's snowin' on Raton, come morning I'll be through them hills and gone

A

G

D

Come morning, I'll be through them hills and gone

C

Well the blue winds blown my dreams away

F

My darling's flown and she's gone to stay

C

All I got now is yesterday

G

And I don't know what to do Well I guess I'll go downtown and see Just what downtown can do for me Maybe set my lonesome free Or maybe let me go I loved her true and I told her so I ask her too and she told me no She said she had somewhere to go And in the end she said goodbye Well I wonder how long it can go on How long I'll sing this same old song I wonder which one done us wrong Which one forgot to try I loved her true and I told her so I ask her too and she told me no She said she had somewhere to go And in the end she said goodbye

Instrumental

I love you true and I told you so I ask her too and she told me no She says she had somewhere to go And in the end she said goodbye

Instrumental

D

G

D

At my window, watching the sun go

A

D

G

D

Hoping the stars know it's time to shine

D

G

D

Daydreams, aloft on dark wings

A

D

G

D

Soft as the sun streams, at day's decline

A

G

D

Living is laughing, dying says nothing at all

A

G

D

Baby and I are laying here, watching the evening fall Time flows, through brave beginnings And she leaves her endings, beneath our feet Walk lightly, upon their faces Leave gentle traces, upon their sleep Living is dancing, dying does nothing at all Baby and I are laying here, watching the evening fall Three dimes, hard luck and good times Bad rhymes and fine lines, ain't much to say Feel fine, feel low and lazy Feel grey and hazy, feel far away Living is sighing, dying ain't flying so high Baby and I are lying here, watching the day go by

G

C

G

I heard her sing in tongues of silver

D

G

I heard her cry on a summer storm

C

G

I loved her, but she did not know it

D

G

So I don't think about her anymore

C

G

Now she's gone, and I can't believe it

D

G

So I don't think about her anymore If three and four were seven only Where would that leave one and two If love can be and still be lonely Where does that leave me and you? Time there was, and time there will be Where does that leave me and you? If I had a buckskin stallion I'd tame him down and ride away If I had a flyin' schooner I'd sail into the light of day If I had your love forever Sail into the light of day Pretty songs and pretty places Places that I've never seen Pretty songs and pretty faces Tell me what their laughter means Some look like they'll cry forever Tell me what their laughter means If I had a buckskin stallion I'd tame him down and ride away If I had a golden galleon I'd sail into the light of day If I had your love forever Sail into the light of day

C

F

C

There ain't much that I ain't tried

F

C

Fast livin', slow suicide

C

G

Then a-runnin' in a place to hide

F

C

Just looking for you Well, my friends they all agree Ain't many a fool like me I just tell them wait and see Go looking for you

F

Looking low and looking high Looking far and looking wide Try to tell myself that I'm fine

C

But it just ain't true

G

It just ain't true

F

I'm still looking for you

C

Still looking for you From the shadow of the darkest pine To the edge of the sweet sunshine I keep looking till they make you mine Looking for you When the curtain tumbles down I'll be somewhere hanging round With my heart laid on the ground Just looking for you Looking low and looking high Looking far and looking wide Try to tell myself that I tried But it just ain't true It just won't do I'm still looking for you Still looking for you

Townes Van Zandt : At My Window
1987

Snowin' On Raton

Blue Wind Blew

At My Window

Buckskin Stallion Blues

Still Lookin' For You