performed by Waylon Jennings.
Capo on the 1st fret.
Verse 1:
DG
It's midnight at a liquor store in Texas
DA
Closing time another day is done
DGE
When a boy walks in the door and points a pistol
DAD
He can't find a job,Lord he's found a gun
Verse 2:
DG
He pulls it off with no trace of confrontation
DA
Then he lets the old man run out in the street
DGE
Even though he knows they'll come with guns a blazing
DAD
And already he can feel that great relief
Chorus:
DCG
Oh how many travelers get weary
DA
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
DCG
Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining
DAD
Fly like eagles out among the stars
Verse 3:
DG
He pictures the arrival of the cruisers
DA
Sees that old familiar anger in their eyes
DGE
He knows that when they're shooting at this loser
DAD
They'll be aiming at the demons in their lives
Chorus.
Verse 4:
DG
The evening news it carries all the details
DA
He dies in every living room in town
DGE
At his home a bottle's thrown in anger
DAD
And his father cries we'll never live this down
Chorus bis:
DCG
Oh how many travelers get weary
DA
Bearing both their burdens and their scars
DCG
Don't you think they'd love to start all over
DAD
And fly like eagles out among the stars
AG
Fly like eagles out among the stars
Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@math.univ-mlv.fr
http://soleil.univ-mlv.fr/~perret/waylon.html