Lyle Lovett – Ballad Of The Snow Leopard And The Tanqueray Cowboy (Guitar Tab)
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Lyle Lovett, written by David Roland Rodriguez
This is Lyle Lovett's classic cover of another Texan musician, David Roland Rodriguez.
This version is on Lyle Lovetts album "Step Inside This House",
an album of all covers of other Texan musicians who influenced his own music.
Tabbed by Jim D. Andrews - performance notes at end
Tempo 118ish
[Intro]
e|----2---5---7p5-----5----------------------------------------------2p0--------0----| B|----3---5-------5h7---5--------------------------0--------0---------------3--------| G|----2-----7-------------7----------0h2--4---2---------2--------2-------------------| D|--------------------------0-----0--------------0--------0--------------------------| A|----------------------------3-------------3---------3-------3------2----2---2---2--| E|-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-0h1p0-------------------------------------------------0---0h2---------------| B|---------3------------------------------3--------3-----3---3-----------------| G|---------------3----0h2-----------2--4-------2-------------------------------| D|-----------------------------2/4-----------0---0---0-----0-------------------| A|-1-----1----1----1--------0----------------------------------------0---------| E|----------------------0-----------------------------------------0------------| e|----2---5---7p5-----5----------------------------------------------2p0--------0----| B|----3---5-------5h7---5--------------------------0--------0---------------3--------| G|----2-----7-------------7----------0h2--4---2---------2--------2-------------------| D|--------------------------0-----0--------------0--------0--------------------------| A|----------------------------3-------------3---------3-------3------2----2---2---2--| E|-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-0h1p0-------------------------------------------------0---0h2--------------| B|---------3------------------------------3--------3-----3---3----------------| G|---------------3----0h2-----------2--4-------2------------------------------| D|-----------------------------2/4-----------0---0---0-----0------------------| A|-1-----1----1----1--------0-------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------0-----------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
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A|--------------------------4----------------3----------------3-------------------------|
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Comfort me, says she with your conversation
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And a cocktail And the candlelight in your eyes
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A|--------------------------4----------------3----------------3-------------------------|
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It's funny how we hunger, For some inspiration,
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A|--2---------------1--------------------------------0---------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------0------------------------|
And everything else that money just won't buy[Refrain 1]
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A|--5---0---2---------------0-----------------------------------------------|
E|--5----------------------------------------5--------------5---------------|
Men have lied, Many good girls have gone astray just to hear the gypsy
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B|--------3-------------3--------------2----------------2--------------------|
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play one more lilting cowboy tune and as the
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D|-------4------4---------2------2--------0-----0--------0-----0-----|
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Rivers run dry and the mountains blow away they sing of lovers and how they
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E|------------------------------------------------------------5--------------|
Lay 'neath this crazy frontier moon.[Verse 2]
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I ain't no golden boy, and I ain't no Grecian Dancer
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And a I ain't no loud mouth cowboy from the west
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I ain't that kinda man, with all the answers.
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But I surely know, the songs that suit me best[Refrain 2]
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But lately I've had somethin' on my mind, it's growin' stronger all the
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time, callin' out when I'm alone But I'm a
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Poet, and I'm bound to walk the line, between the real and the sub-
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lime. And give the muses, back, their own.[Break]
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[Verse 3]
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It's a penny for your thoughts, it's a dollar for your kisses
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I keep a runnin' tab on the time
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'Cause what I've got the most of, is what she misses
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The clock is hers, the hourglass is mine[Refrain 3]
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But I'm her lover, not a man bent on revenge, hangin' out here on the
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fringe, of my native borderlands By countin' the
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Days the sun shone golden 'cross her head, we were lyin' on the banks of the bayeaux's
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edge, kickin' up some, southeast Texas, sand.[Verse 1]
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A|------------------4----------------3----------------3----------------------|
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Comfort me, says she with your conversation
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D|------0-----0---------3---3---------------------------2/4-----------------------------|
A|--2---------------1--------------------------------0----------------------------------|
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And a cocktail And the candlelight in your eyes
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B|-3---3-------------3---3---------3----------------3---------------3-------------------|
G|-------------2-------2-------2-----2---2------2-----2---2-----2-----2---2-------------|
D|---0-------0---0---------------0-----0----------0-----0---------0-----0---------------|
A|--------------------------4----------------3----------------3-------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
It's funny how we hunger, For some inspiration,
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B|--------3---------------3----------------------------------------3---------3----------|
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D|------0-----0---------3---3---------------------------2/4------------0---0------------|
A|--2---------------1--------------------------------0----------------------------------|
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And everything else that money just won't buy
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G|---2-----2---2---0---------0----------------0h2----------2--4---------2---------------|
D|-----0-----0-------0----------3---3------------------2/4------------0---0-------------|
A|-3--------------2--------1-----------------------0------------------------------------|
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And everything else that money just won't buy
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G|---2-----2---2---0---------0----------------|
D|-----0-----0-------0----------3---3---------|
A|-3--------------2--------1------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
And everything else that money just won't[Outro]
e|----2---5---7p5-----5----------------------------------------------2p0--------0----| B|----3---5-------5h7---5--------------------------0--------0---------------3--------| G|----2-----7-------------7----------0h2--4---2---------2--------2-------------------| D|--------------------------0-----0--------------0--------0--------------------------| A|----------------------------3-------------3---------3-------3------2----2---2---2--| E|-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ritard e|-0h1p0------------------------------------| B|---------3------------------------------3-| G|---------------3----0h2-----------2--4----| D|-----------------------------2/4----------| A|-1-----1----1----1--------0---------------| E|----------------------0-------------------|
I play this by essentially using Travis picking for the chords. For the most part the
picking pattern I follow is:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
p p p p p p p
The first two chords of of the refrains (G A) are strummed and then start picking again with the Bm.
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| p Pull-off
| h Hammer-on
| / Slide up
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