'Lone Star Song' - Grant Lee Buffalo
from the album 'Mighty Joe Moon'

his lyrical interpretation.

Tune your guitar down a half step (Eb-Bb-Gb-Db-Ab-Eb).

chords
A    - x02220   E    - 022100
B    - x24442   F#m  - 244222
Bm   - x24432   G    - 320003
D    - xx0232

riff (played over B chord in verses)
-----------7-----------------------7--------
----7--------10--7------7----7--------10--7-
-9b-----------------------9b----------------
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Intro:  B-E-D (2x)
BB Piano Chord 

There's a bullet in the heart tonight
EE Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 

in the heart of Texas
BB Piano Chord 

they shot it through their own backsides
EE Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 

we are rolling home
BB Piano Chord 

they shot the angel in the flesh
EE Piano Chord 
        DD Piano Chord 

and now she won't protect us
BB Piano Chord 

we shot it to the friendly mass
EE Piano Chord 
           DD Piano Chord 

we are west, we're home
AA Piano Chord 
                             DD Piano Chord 

raid the _______, the fort is empty
BmBm Piano Chord 

like in the films of Hollywood
AA Piano Chord 
                      DD Piano Chord 

and the angels are descending
BmBm Piano Chord 
               F#mF#m Piano Chord 
              DD Piano Chord 

like Koresh said they would before too long
F#mF#m Piano Chord 
             BB Piano Chord 

sing our lone star song

(play B-E-D progression 1x)

BB Piano Chord 

They had him nailed up to a T
EE Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 

with that T for Texas
BB Piano Chord 

his disciples with artillery
EE Piano Chord 
     DD Piano Chord 

they held the fort inside
BB Piano Chord 

and by the time our story broke
EE Piano Chord 
          DD Piano Chord 

(?)_______________
BB Piano Chord 

wheeled in a cloud of smoke
EE Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 

around the T, dear god
AA Piano Chord 
                           DD Piano Chord 

raid the ______, the fort is empty
BmBm Piano Chord 

like the films of Hollywood
AA Piano Chord 
                    DD Piano Chord 

and the choppers are ascending
BmBm Piano Chord 
               F#mF#m Piano Chord 
              DD Piano Chord 

like ______ said they would before too long
F#mF#m Piano Chord 
             BB Piano Chord 

sing our lone star song
DD Piano Chord 

lone star song
AA Piano Chord 
                 DD Piano Chord 

the south, words can't help
BmBm Piano Chord 
                  DD Piano Chord 

but escape my mouth easy prey
AA Piano Chord 
             BmBm Piano Chord 

down the house, day upon day
GG Piano Chord 
           EE Piano Chord 

day upon day, day upon day

(play B-E-D progression 3x)

AA Piano Chord 
                           DD Piano Chord 

raid the ______, the fort is empty
BmBm Piano Chord 

like in the films of Hollywood
AA Piano Chord 
                         DD Piano Chord 

and the chopper's blast is blending
BmBm Piano Chord 
               F#mF#m Piano Chord 
             DD Piano Chord 

with the crack of burning wood before too long
F#mF#m Piano Chord 
               BB Piano Chord 

sing our lone Star song
DD Piano Chord 

lone star song

lone star

(play Bm-E-D repeatedly as song fades out)