Jeff Davis County Blues
Tab by dan – dtrom4 at aol dot com
Comments / corrections welcome.
The riff follows something like the one below. Throw it (or some variation) in where appropriate.
Because I’m feeling thorough, here it is with barre or open chords.
e|-----3---------------------------3------------------------|
B|-----3---------------------------0--1-p0------------------|
G|-----4---5-p4--------------------0--------0---------------|
D|-----5---------5-----------------0-----------0------------|
A|-----5-----------5---------------2------------------------|
E|-----3---------------------------3------------------------|
(I actually play it with the old capo on three, so if you’re math inclined, you could subtract 3 from that first riff.
For beginners keeping score at home, capo three gives you E A for the main bit, and then throw in Am and B)
Enough ranting. Enjoy!
G Am7
G
after three nights in jail, i head north from toyahvale.
Am7
switch to 285 in pecos, head up to red bluff.
G
my walk's real steady and my eyes are real cold
but i feel like i'm all of sixteen years old --
Am7 G
lost in the travel lodge, with the television on with the sound down,
i don't feel so tough.
C D G
old issues of sunset magazine to read,
C D G
sleep for twelve hours, and dream about home.
i have no place to go, so i drive up to new mexico.
fix my eyes in the rearview when i cross the state line.
and i panic, i guess. and although it's quite late,
i take the first exit to 128.
i am coming back to midland.
i hope you won't mind.
polaroids of the two of us scattered on the passenger's seat.
i drive slowly
and evenly
and i dream about home.