Robert Earl Keen – The Front Porch Song (Guitar)

         G                               Em
This old porch is just a big old red and white Hereford bull

         C                        D
Standin' under a mesquite tree in Agua Dulce, Texas

        G                                        Em
He just keeps on playin' hide and seek with that hot August sun

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He's sweatin' and a-pantin' 'cause his work is never done

   Em                C             D
Oh no, he's got them cows and that red top cane

         G                               Em
This old porch is just a steamin' greasy plate of enchiladas

     C                               D
With lots of cheese and onions and a guacamole salad

        G                                Em
You can get them at the LaSalle Hotel in old downtown

     C                                D           G
With iced tea and a waitress who will smile every time

          Em             C                 D
Yeah, she will, I left a quarter tip on my ten dollar bill

         G                              Em
This old porch is a palace walk-in on a main street in Texas

         C                              D
It ain't never seen or heard the day of G and R and X's

          G                Em
With the '62 poster that's almost faded down

      C                              D             G
And a screen without a picture since Giant came to town

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Oh no, I love them Junior Mints and them Red Hots, too, yes I do

    Em            C              D
Ah, yeah, and old movie pictures

          G                                     Em
This old porch is just a weathered, grey haired 70 years of Texas

     C                       D
He's doin' all he can not to give in to the city

       G                             Em
And he always takes the rent late so long as I run his cattle

   C                             D
He picks me up at dinner time, I listen to him rattle

          G                                      Em
He says, "The Brazos still runs muddy like she's run all along

            C                                D
There ain't never been no cane to grind, the cotton's all but gone

         G                                          Em
And, you know, this Chevrolet pickup truck, she was somethin' back in '60"

    C                                     D
Now there ain't nobody listenin' to him, 'cause they all think he's crazy

         G                         Em
This old porch is just a long time waiting and forgetting

      C                              D
And remembering the coming back, not crying about the leaving

      G                                  Em
And remembering the falling down and the laughter of the curse of luck

     C                                  D
From all those sons of bitches who said we'd never get back up

         G                               Em
This old porch is just a big old red and white Hereford bull

         C                     D
Standin' under a mesquite tree out in Agua Dulce

        G                                        Em
He just keeps on playing hide and seek with that hot August sun

     C                                 D             G
He's sweatin' and a pantin' 'cause his work is never done

    Em            C                                            D                 G
Ah, no, I known a whole lot of old bulls in my life, and their work is never done