Clovis New Mexico Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]Wel[D]l m[G]e and[D]
[G]Billy,we left Boulder [D]City

[Verse 2]
De[C]cided that we'd head out [G]west

[Verse 3]
We've [G]been east [D]and south
but it [G]didn't [D]workout

[Verse 4]
[C]We were get[D]ting' nowhere [G]fast

[Verse 5]
[G]Me with my [D]guitar and [G]him
with [D]his saddle

[Verse 6]
[C]Tryin' to out do [G]the rest

[Verse 7]
[G]I sang [D]my heart out and [G]he rides
them [D]broncs now

[Verse 8]
And that's [C]what me and
[D]Billy do [G]be st

[Verse 9]
We took [G]'Interstate [D]20' 'til we
[G]ran out of [D]money

[Verse 10]
[C]In a place just past Abile[G]ne
[D]So I

[Verse 11]
[G]sang at a honky-tonk [D]and
and [G]he broke the bad [D]bronc

[Verse 12]
And [C]we bought some [D]gas
and [G]some beans
[D]With a

[Verse 13]
[G]whole lot [D]of luck and an
[G]old pickup [D]truck

[Verse 14]
[C]We made it to New Mex[G]ico

[Verse 15]
We [G]pulled up in [D]Clovis and I
[G]sure didn't [D]know this

[Verse 16]
Was as [F]far as I [C]ever would [G]go

[Verse 17]
[G]I needed some [D]strings,
Billy [G]wanted [D]a ring

[Verse 18]
[C]The kind that the Indians [G]made

[Verse 19]
A [G]voice said, ?Hello [D]boys,
I've [G]got silver and [D]turquoise

[Verse 20]
And [F]that's when I [C]saw her [G]face?

[Verse 21]
That's when I no[C]ticed[G][Am]
that [D]girl down in [G]Clovis

[Verse 22]
A black haired beau[F]ty,
[C]she set a fire to [G]me[C][G]

[Verse 23]
A green eyed [C]lady [G]in [Am]old
[D]jeans that were faded
[G]

[Verse 24]
No, I didn't no[F]tice what happened in
[C]Clovis but I called her baby
[G][F][C][G][F]

[Verse 25]
[C]
I [G]asked her [D]with care if she'd [G]like [D]to share

[Verse 26]
An [C]evening with someone like [G]I

[Verse 27]
I said, [G]?I ain't a win[D]ner just a
[G]hard livin' sing[D]er?

[Verse 28]
[C]She smiled and said, ?Meet [D]me [G]at nine?

[Verse 29]
We [G]ate tacos and [D]talked
and then [G]we took a walk
[D]In the clean

[Verse 30]
[C]southwestern air[G]

[Verse 31]
Then we [G]went back to her [D]house,
I took [G]my gui[D]tar out

[Verse 32]
And [C]sang of my [D]joy and des[G]pair
[D]She served

[Verse 33]
[G]me her win[D]e and
she helped [G]me write [D]lines

[Verse 34]
[C]To songs I could not complete

[Verse 35]
[G]And her eyes seemed to [D]say,
put that [G]guitar [D]away

[Verse 36]
[C]That's somethin'
[D]that both of us [G]need
[D]What a

[Verse 37]
[G]beautiful [D]site was [G]her face
in [D]the light

[Verse 38]
[C]And the candles there on [G]the wall

[Verse 39]
And [G]we reached [D]the height of
good [G]love on that [D]night

[Verse 40]
And I [F]hope we nev[C]er will [G]fall

[Verse 41]
And I'm glad I no[C]ticed[G][Am]
that [D]girl down in [G]Clovis

[Verse 42]
Daughter of [F]a driller,
[C]she's a born thr[G]iller[C][G]

[Verse 43]
A green eyed [C]lady,
[G]kin[Am]da wild, ki[D]nda lazy[G]

[Verse 44]
I didn't [F]no tice what happened [C]in Clo
vis but I called [G]her baby, [F]bab[C]y[G]
[C]