From: rickl1@ix.netcom.com (Rick)
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 12:27:22 GMT


Buddy Miller    A Showman's Life   written by Jesse Winchester

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A showman's life is a smokey bar and
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The fevered chase of a tiny star 
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It's a hotel room and a lonely wife 
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From what I've seen of a showman's life
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Nobody told me about this part 
Bb                         F
They told me all about the pretty girls and the wine and
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The money and the good times 
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Gm
No mention of all the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart 
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Well, I might have known it 
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But nobody told me about this part
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A boy will dream as children do 
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Of a great white way, 'til the dream comes true 
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And a phoney smile in a colored light 
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Is all it is to a showman's life
                      F
Nobody told me about this part 
Bb                         F
They told me all about the pretty girls and the wine and
    C                  F
The money and the good times 
   Bb                                     Dm           C       Bb Bb/A
Gm
No mention of all the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart 
       F
Well, I might have known it 
C                         F          C
But nobody told me about this part

SOLO

C                          F
Nobody told me about this part 
Bb                         F
They told me all about the pretty girls and the wine and
    C                  F
The money and the good times 
   Bb                                     Dm           C       Bb Bb/A
Gm
No mention of all the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart 
       F
Well, I might have known it 
C                         F          Bb 
But nobody told me about this part
       F
Well, I might have known it 
C                         F           
But nobody told me about this part

Brady Blade     drums
Rick Plant      bass
Al Perkins      steel guitar
Phil Madeira    organ
Emmylou Harris  harmony 
Buddy Miller    vocals/guitar

From Buddy Miller "Midnight And Lonesome"
Hightone Records 2002
Fourth Floor Music/Hot Kitchen Music(ASCAP)