Written by Zak Appleby/Shane Cody/Matt Myers/Katie Toupin
Intro: G5 G5 G5 G5 verse 1 G Hey there all you wild and pretty women where’d you go when the C wind’ll blow hard, and the dust will set'll low D storm’s coming in so I guess you better get up and go G StopLick 1 verse 2 G Back to the lonely deserts westward outta Hillster Arizona C where the girls’ll treat yah friendly sure, but only if you wanna D steal a ride from the riverboat captain tonight G Chorus C G Lick 2 Hey, hey, hey, there rose D G did you think I’d come, all this way in vain verse 3 G The weather’s getting hotter, but I stop to see the light and I C think I might pull over just to stop here, for the night D I see yah coming up, and I know she won’t give me a fight G StopLick 3 verse 4 G And so I start to make my move I splash my face up with some water and she C tries to pull me off but then it only makes me hotter D hey there rose, can you spare some change for the night G Chorus C G Lick 4 Hey, hey, hey, there rose D G did you think I’d come, all this way in vain C drive, drive, down G D/F# Em to the center of a coal mine town C D G Lick 5 wash your face and, change your frame of mind C and hard, hard, times G D/F# Em you better stow away your nickels and your dimes C D G throw a rope around, a big oak tree Solo G C G D G C G D Verse 5 G I see you in the rear view as I start to drive away while she C wipes away the teardrops, I thought I heard her say I D think I’d be shooting you down if you open mind G StopLick 6 Verse 5 G So I said darling don’t you worry I’ll be back your way again when the C sun goes round the mountains and the moon goes round the bend just D give it a while and everything is gonna be alright G Chorus C G Lick 2 And Hey, hey, hey, there rose D G Lick 7 did you think I’d come, all this way in vain C drive, drive, down G D/F# Em to the center of a coal mine town C D G Lick 8 wash your face and, change your frame of mind C and hard, hard, times G D/F# Em you better stow away your nickels and your dimes C D G throw a rope around, a big oak tree Solo G C G D G C G D Chorus C G Stop Lick 9 Hey, hey, hey, there rose D G Lick 10 did you think I’d come, all this way in vain C drive, drive, down G D/F# Em to the center of a coal mine town C D G Lick 11 wash your face and, change your frame of mind C and hard, hard, times G D/F# Em you better stow away your nickels and your dimes C D G Stop throw a rope around, a big oak tree Solo G C G D G C G D G