Orange Claw Hammer Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
Big [G]cloud caught a pipe of good tea, man's
shirt blew on the [D]railroad rail.[G]
The old puff horse was just [C]pullin' through,
[G]and a man wore a pink late -river.
[D]I'm on the far[G]m where the hob[C]o was run,
[G]the air brakes would boot [F]each other.
[G]Oh, I don't care, there's no place [C]there.
[G]I don't think it even matters.[D]
My clothes blazin' [G]through, and my clothes and skin blazin' [D]through,
and [G]my clothes [D]are in two, and my skin's [G]blazin' through, and my clothes in tatter[D]s.
And the railroad looked like a
[G]wild hill of [D]ladders.
One shoe fell on the [G]gravel,
one stick poked [C]down.
[G]Grave age fell down a [D]pair of ears.
An eagle [C]shined through
[G]my whole watch pocket.
The young girl, baby girl, passed me by in tears,
and a jackrabbit raised [C]his folded ears.
A [G]beautiful sagebrush jackrabbit,
and an oriole sang like an orange,
His breast full of worms,
and his [D]tail clawed the evening [G]like a [C]hammer.
And [D]my rain can caught me a cup of water,
and his wings took air [G]like a bomber.
[D]Oh, when I got into town, I j[G]ogged now.[Em]
[D]Ah, [G]your horse, I'l[D]l fodder, I'm a roundhouse man[G],
I once was [D]your father,
Come little one, with your little dimple fingers,
[G]gimme one,
And I'll buy you a cherry phosphate,
[D]Take you down to the
foaming brine [G]and water,
[D]An d show you the one [G]who tips on the goddess with a [Em]pull -out full sail,
at[C]tempting [G]to weigh your [D]pig -legged father.
[G]I'm the[D] roundhouse man,
[G]I once was y[C]our father.[D]
[G]I was
Shanghai, my hi -hat fever,
[C]mustache man, and his pirate friend.
I [G]woke up in [D]vomiting [G]beer in a banana [C]bin
with a [D]soft glass [G]with brown skin.
Born me seven babies with snapping black
eyes [G]an d beautiful [C]emmy skin.
[G]And here it is, I'm with you [D]my daughter.
30 years away can make a seaman's eyes,
a roundhouse man's eyes,
flow out water, salt [D]water.