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Chords courtesy of green vii over on the forums.
[The non-chorus Cs sound better as C7 in my opinion -Staals]

Intro: G  Am  D  C

G                      Am        D
brush all the dust of Kansas
                       C
off of my special shoes
         G                        Am
when the coach lets us out at the corner store
         D                          C
mom was coughing like an old man, shivering like a cold man
     G                            Am    D
and i found some trouble to get into
                          C
and the admiration was mutual
         G                  Am      D
split my winnings with mom 55/45 
              C
but it didn't keep her alive

      Em                     G        D
I got lost out there in new mexico
                 C
nothing to lose nowhere to go
      G   C                Am
I got lost when my lucky stars crossed


that night I dreamt about Ft. Stanton
though I didn't know to call it that yet
and the night wrapped me up in its long dark embrace
I had that same expression on as that one picture of my face

which was all anyone would ever know about me
after my visitors got done with me
I lay down singing on the porch blood streaming from my mouth
sounded kind of like Paul Westerberg but to tell you the truth 

I got lost out there in new mexico
nothing to lose nowhere to go
I got lost when my lucky stars crossed