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Rocky Mountain Time Tab

by John Prine


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	        Rocky Mountain Time  - John Prine
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Tuning: Standard

Artist: John Prine
Album: Diamonds in the Rough
Year: 1972


Intro (repeat 4x)
e|--3--3-3--3-3-3---3--3-3--3--|
B|--0--0-0--0-0-0h1-1--1-1--1--|
G|--0--0-0--0-0-0---0--0-0--0--|
D|--0--0-0--0-0-0h2-2--2-2--2--|
A|-----------------------------|
E|--3--3-3--3-3-3---3--3-3--3--|



                                
Station was empty, Trains were all gone.
                                   
Reached in my pocket, And waited for dawn.


Chorus:
                                      
The clock played drums, And I hummed the sax.
                                       
And the wind whistled down, The railroad tracks.
                                   
Hey three for a quarter, One for a dime.
                                        
I'll bet it's tomorrow, By Rocky Mountain time.



                                        
Walked in the restaurant, For something to do
                                   
Waitress yelled at me, And so did the food
                                                   
And the water tastes funny, When you're far from your home
                                        
But it's only the thirsty, That hunger to roam


(Repeat chorus)


                               
We'll build us a castle on Main Street
                                  
And pretend that we're down on the farm
                                  
Hell, we'll hold out as long as we have to
                                 
Then we'll twist off each other's arm


                         
Christ I'm so mixed up and lonely
                                       
I can't even make friends with my brain
                           
I'm too young to be where I'm going
                             
But I'm too old to go back again


                                
Station was empty, Trains were all gone.
                                   
Reached in my pocket, And waited for dawn.


(Repeat Chorus)


Cords

                            
e|--3--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--1--|--0--|
B|--0--|--1--|--3--|--1--|--1--|--2--|
G|--0--|--0--|--2--|--0--|--2--|--2--|
D|--0--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--3--|--2--|
A|--2--|--3--|-----|--2--|--3--|--0--|
E|--3--|-----|-----|-----|--1--|-----|