Capo 2nd Fret Intro: (G) (D) (G) (A) x 2 He said I''''m (D) goin to west Texas I said (G) hell you''''ve gone crazy Ain''''t (D) nothing out there but (G) coyotes and Comanches But he (D) headed out anyway as (G) far as he could Till the heat finally got to his mules He sold (D) whiskey and cigars to (G) passing through would-be settlers But no(D)body wants to settle where there (G) ain''''t no damn water Then they (A) figured out a (D) windmill could (G) pump it from the ground And up sprang a tumbleweed town Where the (A) lonely wind (D) blows like it''''s (G) angry for being there A (A) flat piece of (D) stone in the (C) middle of (G) nowhere The (A) town never (D) grows cause no(G)body can keep their roots (Em) down (A) It''''s just a tumbleweed (G) town (D) (G) (A) They came in like gypsies to steal the black gold The town''''s population increased a hundred fold But they scattered like quail when the oil wells ran out And left no trace of the riches they''''d found Then some big shot from Dallas built a factory out here Gonna put us back on the map But hell that was back a few years Now weeds have grown up and the buildings falling down You''''d think they''''d figured out by now It''''s just a tumbleweed town Where the lonely wind blows like it''''s angry for being there A flat piece of stone in the middle of nowhere The town never grows cause nobody can keep their roots down It''''s just a tumbleweed town A (D) few hayseeds and ranchers are (G) still hanging in Too (D) old to start over too damn (G) stubborn to quit And their (A) kids all get (D) restless waiting (G) for that Greyhound So they can get the hell out of this (A) tumbleweed (G) town Repeat Intro and Fade