Todd Snider – Waco Moon (Guitar)

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[Intro] G D C G C G Am D [Verse 1]
G           
Yellow Rose, Waco Moon

C                           G
Quit too late you're gonna die too soon

C                           G
Woman with a needle and a silver spoon

Am                      D                             
   Holed up singin' the Devil's tune

C                    D
Playin' the blues, payin' your dues

G              D/F#       C
Speedin' your young life away

         G                    Em
I never will get over what I heard about you

     C          D          G
The first thing New Year's Day
[Verse 2]
G              D
I can't say I felt so sad

     C              G
The truth is I think I'm mad

        C              G
At the selfish way you left your dad

          Am                    D           
When you know what a hard luck time he's had

C                   D
Sleepin' through a dream come true

G                     D/F#      C
You just threw all that talent away

        G                    Em
I never will get over what I heard about you

     C          D          G
The first thing New Year's Day

[Chorus]
D         C     
Hoooo-ooh hoooooo-ooh-ooh

G                D 
     Slippin' away

D         C     
Hoooo-ooh hoooooo-ooh-ooh

G            D  D/C D/B D/A 
  New Year's Day
[Verse 3]
   G                 D
I threw the phone against the wall

C                      G
  Falling apart when I got the call

C                               G
  I went out walkin' with the weight of it all

Am                             D
  That's when it hit me like a waterfall

     C                  D
I'm playin' the blues, payin' my dues

G             D/F#      C
Speedin' my young life away

        G                                Em
I never will get over what I heard about you

C          D               G
The first thing New Year's Day

[Chorus]
D         C     
Hoooo-ooh hoooooo-ooh-ooh

G                D 
     Slippin' away

D         C     
Hoooo-ooh hoooooo-ooh-ooh

G            D  D/C D/B D/A 
  New Year's Day
[Verse 4]
G
Yellow Rose, Waco Moon

C                  G
Quit too late, you died too soon

C                   G
To the bitter end tried and true

        D                     G
Goodbye my friend, we'll be missing you
[Outro] G D C G C G Am D C D G D/F# C G Em C D G Am D