Amarillo Highway (for Dave Hickey) — Terry Allen
Chords and lyrics for Amarillo Highway (for Dave Hickey) by Terry Allen (key of A).
Verse 1
Amarillo Highway
by Terry Allen
Intro
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Verse
[A]I'm a high straight in Plainview
[A]A side bet in Idalou
[A]And a fresh deck in [D]New Deal
[E]Yeah some call me High Hand
[E]And some call me Low Hand
[E]But I'm holding what I am: The [A]Wheel
Chorus
[A]'Cause I'm a panhandlin' man handlin'
[A]Post holing high rolling dust bowling [D]Daddy
And I [E]ain't got no blood veins
[E]I just got them four lanes
[E]Of hard Amarillo [A]Highway
Verse
[A]Yeah, I don't wear no Stetson
[A]But I'm a willin' to bet son
[A]That I'm a big a Texan as [D]you are
[E]Cause there's a girl in her bare feet
[E]Asleep on the back seat
[E]And that trunk's full of Pearl and [A]Lone Star
Chorus
[A]'Cause I'm a panhandlin' man handlin'
[A]Post holing high rolling dust bowling [D]Daddy
And I [E]ain't got no blood veins
[E]I just got them four lanes
[E]Of hard Amarillo [A]Highway
Instrumental Break
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[A]So gonna hop outta bed
[A]Pop a pill in my head
[A]Jeb bust the Hub for the Golden Spread
Under [D]blue skies
[E]We gonna stuff my hide
[E]Behind some Power Glide
[E]And get some southern fried back in [A]my eyes
Chorus
[A]'Cause I'm panhandlin' man handlin'
[A]Post holing high rolling dust bowling [D]Daddy
And [E]close as I'll ever get to heaven
[E]Is makin' speed up old eighty-seven
[E]Of that hard ass Amarillo [A]Highway
Instrumental Outro
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