Rachels Song

James McMurtry

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Em
022033

F#
200033

Cadd9
032033

D
000233

G
320033



[Intro]

Em  F#    Cadd9
Em  F#    Cadd9
Em  F#    Cadd9   Cadd9 (hammer pattern)


[Verse 1]
Em        F#          Cadd9
Must be a cold front coming
Em        F#          Cadd9
Cause I saw the eastbound C&O
Em        F#         Cadd9                         Em        F#         Cadd9
And the coal cars were dusted with a half inch of snow


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And that boy'll drive me crazy
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Don't know what I'll do with him
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School will be out tomorrow if that cold front moves in

[Bridge]
Em        F#          Cadd9
Calling out
Em            F#          Cadd9
To the dying daylight
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The shadows of the mountains
Em            F#          Cadd9
Bringing on the night


[Verse 2]
Em            F#          Cadd9
The old folks like to whisper
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He favors your side in his face
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When he gets a little older
Em            F#          Cadd9   Em            F#          Cadd9
He's going to lead a merry chase



[Chorus]
     D       G              Cadd9
When I'm all alone it's all right
    D       G              Cadd9
It Isn't going to wound my pride
    D       G              Cadd9
If anyone can claim they're all right
       Em            F$          Cadd9
So can I

[Verse 3]
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I wrecked the El Camino
Em            F#          Cadd9
Would have been DWI
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So I just walked off and left it
Em            F#          Cadd9   Em            F$          Cadd9
Laying on its side

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The troopers found it in the morning
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And they said it's purely luck I wasn't killed
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I probably ought to quit my drinking
Em            F#      Cadd9
But I don't believe I will

[Chorus]
     D       G              Cadd9
When I'm all alone it's all right
     D       G              Cadd9
It Isn't going to wound my pride
     D       G              Cadd9
If anyone can claim they're all right
Em            F#          Cadd9   Em            F#          Cadd9
So can I

[Verse 4]
Em            F#     Cadd9
He used to ask about you
Em            F#        Cadd9
About a million times a day
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I got so tired of trying to answer
Em            F#       Cadd9
I just turned my head away
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Now he don't pay me much attention
Em            F#             Cadd9
He's not asking anymore
Em            F#             Cadd9
I guess he'd probably know you
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If you walked back in the door


[Bridge/Outro]
Em            F#             Cadd9
Calling out to the empty night
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Watching as the snowflakes
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Come dancing round the light
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Dancing up against the window
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It's like they're peeking through the glass
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And they hover for a moment
Em            F#             Cadd9
And then they fall on past
Em            F#             Cadd9    Em            F#             Cadd9
Calling out