Richfield Whistle (#1) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]My name is James Lucas
I was [A]born in Reming[D]ton
And paroled from Richfield Prison
In the [A]win[Asus4]ter of '8[A]1[D]
I was [G]free and on the streets of Indiana
I'd just turned [D]thirty- two
Just a man with nowhere left to run
No [Asus4]differ en[D]t, si[Asus4]r, than you[D]

[Verse 2]
Me and [D]Pat, we married in the spring
Moved [A]in with her Ma and [D]Pa
On our wedding night she sighed,
"Jimmy
We can [A]have anything [D]we want"
It was [G]for those things we wanted
We worked as hard as two
people [D]could
But somehow in the end, mister
This [A]didn't [D]do no good

[Verse 3]
[D]
The prison got me drivin' delivery
For [A]Mr. Wills over [D]in Ridgeside
Well, I started loadin'
a little extra
[A]And I'd sell it on [D]the side
I didn't [G]like what I was doin'
I didn't lose no sleep at [D]night
Mr. Wills, he was a rich man
He'd [A]been a rich man all his [D]life

[Verse 4]
I was on [D]the loadin' dock one evening
[A]When I heard the ware[D]house phone
The dispatcher said, "Jim,
they wanna see you
In the front [A]office 'fore you [D]go home"
All [G]Mr. Wills said was, "I don't understand
I could send you back to
Richfield [D]fast
If you needed some extra money, Jim
[A]All you had to do was ask[D]"

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
Well, that [D]night me and Pat,
we had a fight
I was [A]out drivin' 'round in [D]the rain
With a fifth of gin and a half tank of gas
[A]And ten dollars to my nam[D]e
I [G]passed a deserted liquor store
Way out on High[D]way 1
I turned and pulled into that parking lot
Got [Asus4]out but I let m[A]y motor run[D]

[Verse 6]
Well, I stood [D]lookin' in the window
[A]For [Asus4]a long, l[A]ong while[D]
When I walked in the man
behind the register
He [Asus4]looked at[A] me and sm[D]iled
"That's some [G]weather
we're havin' out there
Can I help you find somethin',
[D]friend?"
I didn't answer, I just stood there
Then I [A]turned around [D]and went

[Verse 7]
I don't know how long I sat
in my driveway
[A]My shirt was covered in [D]sweat
The house was dark when I went in
Pat was [A]lyin' awake in [D]bed
She hit [G]the light,
I was standin' in the doorway
She said, "I was worried,
where'd you been so [D]long?"
I felt her arms around me
She said, "Jimmy,
[Asus4]I'm so gl[A]ad you're home"[D]

[Verse 8]
[D]
Richfield Prison stands on a high hill
Where the [A]county [D]line runs out
And there's a whistle that blows
every time a man comes in
[A]Or a [D]man gets out
That [G]night we lay wrapped in
each other's arms
Listenin' to the [D]rain
I heard that Richfield whistle blowin'
Just [A]blowin' in [D]my dreams

[Outro 1]
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[D][Asus4][A][G]
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