From: rickl1@ix.netcom.com (Rick) Subject: CRD:Return Of The Grievous Angel Lucinda Williams/David Crosby Chords/Lyrics Date: 02 Aug 1999 00:00:00 GMT Lucinda Williams Return Of The Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons Thomas O Brown Lucinda Williams vocals/acoustic guitar David Crosby harmony Bernie Leadon guitar Chris Etheridge bass Spooner Oldham piano Michael Henderson guitar Benmont Tench organ Fran Breen drums Greig Liesz mandolin/lap steel G C G Won't you scratch my itch sweet Annie Rich G D7 G And welcome me back to town G C G Come out on your porch or I'll step into your parlour A7 D7 And I'll tell you how it all went down G G7 C Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels G G7 C And a good saloon in every single town C D7 G And I remember something that you once told me C D7 G And I'll be damned if it did not come true C D G Bm/F# Em Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, down C D G And they all lead me straight back home to you Bm C D7 G Cause I headed West to grow up with the country Em D7 G Across those prairies with those waves of grain Bm C D7 G And I saw my devil, and I saw my deep blue sea C D7 C D G And I thought about a calico bonnet from Cheyenne to Tennesee G C G We flew straight across that river bridge D7 G Last night half past two G C G A7 The switchman waved his lantern goodbye and good day as we D7 Went rolling through G G7 C Billboards and truckstops pass by the grievous angel G D7 G And now I know just what I have to do Bm C D G And the man on the radio won't leave me alone Em D G He wants to take my money for something I've never been shown Bm C D G And I saw my devil, and I saw my deep blue sea C D C D G And I thought about a calico bonnet from Cheyenne to Tennesee G C G The news I could bring I met up with the king D7 G On his head an amphetamine crown C G He talked about unbuckling that old bible belt A7 D7 And headed out for some desert town G G7 C Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels G C And a good saloon in every single town C D G And I remember something that you once told me C D G And I'll be damned if it did not come true C D G Bm/F# Em Twenty thousand roads I went down down down C D G And they all lead me straight back home to you C D G Bm/F# Em Twenty thousand roads I went down down down C D G And they all lead me straight back home to you From "The Return Of The Grievous Angel" A Tribute To Gram Parsons Wait And See Music (BMI) 1974