Let Him Roll — Guy Clark
Chords and lyrics for Let Him Roll by Guy Clark (key of C).
Intro
[C] [F] [G] [C] [G]
[G] [C] [F]h h h h [G] h
[C] h [G] [C] h[F] h h h [G] h
Verse 1
[C]He's a wino, tried and true
[F]Done about everything there is to do
[G]He worked on freighters, he worked in bars
[C]He worked on farms, 'n he [G]worked on cars
[C]It was white port, that put that look in his eye
[F]That grown men get when they need to cry
[G]And he sat down on the curb to rest
[C]And his head just fell [G]down on his chest
[C]He said "Every single day it gets
[F]A little bit harder to handle and yet..."
[G]And he lost the thread and his mind got cluttered
[C]And the words just [G]rolled off down in the gutter
Verse 2
[C]Well he was elevator man in a cheap hotel
[F]In exchange for the rent on a one room cell
[G]He's old in years beyond his time
[C]Thanks to the world, [G]and the white Port wine
[C]And he said "Son", he always called me son
[F]He said, "Life for you has just begun"
[G]And he told me a story that I heard before
[C]How he fell in love [G]with a Dallas whore
[C]Well he could cut through the years to the very night
[F]When it ended, in a whore house fight
[G]And she turned his last proposal down
[C]In favor of being a [G]girl about town
[C]It's been seventeen years right in line
[F]And he ain't been straight none of the time
[G]Been too many days of fightin' the weather
[C]And too many nights of [G]not being together
[C]So he died........ (guitar for one verse)
[Chorus] (Optional)
Let him [C]roll, [F]Lord let him roll
[G]Bet he's gone to Dallas Rest his [C]soul[G]
Let him [C]roll, [F]Lord let him roll
[G]He always said that heaven
Was [C]just a Dallas [G]Whore....
Verse 3
[C]Well when they went through his personal affects
[F]In among the stubs from the welfare checks
[G]Was a crumblin' picture of a girl in a door
[C]An address in Dallas, [G]and nothin' more
[C]The welfare people provided the priest
[F]A couple from the mission down the street
[G]Sang Amazing Grace, and no one cried
[C]'Cept some woman in [G]black way off to the side
[C]We all left and she was standing there
[F]Black veil covering her silver hair
[G]And One-Eyed John said her name was Alice
[C]And she used to be a [G]whore in Dallas
Chorus
Let him [C]roll, [F]Lord let him roll
[G]Bet he's gone to Dallas Rest his [C]soul[G]
Let him [C]roll, [F]Lord let him roll
[G]He always said that heaven
Was [C]just a Dallas [G]Whore....
Outro
[C] [F] [G] [C] [G]
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