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Date: 11/15/98; 3:20:26 PM
From: Andrew Lyon <Andrew@lyonap.force9.co.uk>
Subject: Down That Dusty Trail by Robert Earl Keen

Down That Dusty Trail
Written by: Robert Earl Keen
Artist: Robert Earl Keen
CD: Walking Distance
From: Andrew@lyonap.force9.co.uk

Intro: G  C  G  C D G

G
When I was a young boy
C
The only things that really mattered were
G      Em                 C
Making friends and having fun
G
Walkin' down that railroad track
C
'Til you reached the river
G
Turn around and head on back
C        D      G
When the day is done

C
Ain't it like they always say
D
Everybody goes their own way
G                        C
Nobody knows, no one can tell
G
It's always been the same for me
C
Guess it's just the way it must be
G       D               C
Headin' down that dusty trail

G
When I was a young man
C
The only things that got me goin' were
G       Em               C
Gettin' high and chasin' love
G
Lyin' down beside my girl
C
On the banks of the river
G
With nothing but some mustang wine
    C       D     G
And all the stars above

C
Ain't it like they always say
D
Everybody goes their own way
G                        C
Nobody knows, no one can tell
G
It's always been the same for me
C
Guess it's just the way it must be
G       D               C
Headin' down that dusty trail

G      D                C
It's a twistin, turnin' windin' road
G     D               C    G C
I get lost and broken down
G     D               C
I'm a stumbler and it won't be long
G      D            C
'Til I stumble back around

Solo (chords as verse except last line - C  D  C  C  D  G)

G
Since I became my own man
C
Everything that matters to me is
G      Em               C
Making sure I'm staying true
G
To my friends and the ones I love
C
'Til I cross that river
G
All alone I'm movin' on
C        D       G
Until my time is through

C
Ain't it like they always say
D
Everybody goes their own way
G                        C
Nobody knows, no one can tell
G
It's always been the same for me
C
Guess it's just the way it must be
G
It's always been the same for me
C
Guess it's just the way it must be
G
It's always been the same for me
C
Guess it's just the way it must be
G       D               C
Headin' down that dusty trail

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