The Front Porch Song Tab By Keen Robert Earl

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From: trey@terminator.tamu.edu (John S Graves)
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Front Porch Song

by Robert Earl Keen, Jr. and Lyle Lovett

from Robert Earl Keen's album No Kinda Dancer

>From Trey Graves ( trey@terminator.tamu.edu )

G  Em  C  D

G                                        Em
This old porch is just a big ...
         C                        D
Standin' under a mesquite ...
G                                                Em
He just keeps on playing hide and ...
     C                                D             G
He's sweatin' and a pantin' ...
   Em
Oh no
               C           D  
He's got them cows and ...


First solo, adapted for guitar (mandolin on the album)
begins at " and old movie pictures"

There's another solo I will tab if anybody's interested.

s:slide

G               Em                       C
--------------|-------------------------|-------------15-17-15-20-17-15-
--------------|-------------------12-15-|13-----15-17-------------------
--16-14-12-15-|14-12---------12-14------|-------------------------------
--------------|------14----14-----------|-------------------------------
--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------
--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------

*little puase, come in on down beat
        D 
*17-15-|--17-15-----------------------------------------
-------|17------17-15---14------------------------------
-------|--------------16---16-14----------------14-16---
-------|-------------------------16----14-16-17---------
-------|----------------------------17------------------
-------|------------------------------------------------

 G                                             Em
|---------------------------------------------|----------------
|-15---15-------15----------------------------|----------------
|----16---16-14---16-14---16-14-------12---12-|----------------
|-----------------------17------17-14----12---|16-14-12---14---
|---------------------------------------------|---------14-----
|---------------------------------------------|----------------

                              C
-----------------------------|----------------15-17-15-(17)s20--
-----------------------------|13---13---15s17-------------------
-----------------12---12--12-|----------------------------------
-12--12-14-12-14---14---14---|----------------------------------
---14------------------------|----------------------------------
-----------------------------|----------------------------------

     D                                                G
-17-|20----------------------------------------------|-----------
----|---17-18s19-17-15-------------------------------|-----------
----|-------------------16-14---16-14----------------|-----------
----|-------------------------16------16-14-16-14-16-|17---------
----|------------------------------------------------|-----------
----|------------------------------------------------|-----------




From: tbacus@onramp.net


The Front Porch Song
by Robert Earl Keen Jr. and Lyle Lovett


        G               Em              C               D
E|------3---3---3|------0---0---0|------0---0---0|------2---2---2---3|
B|------3---3---3|------0---0---0|------1---1---1|------3---3---3---3|
G|------0---0---0|------0---0---0|------0---0---0|------2---2---2---0|
D|------0---0---0|------2---2---2|------2---2---2|2-1-0-----0---0---0|
A|------2---2---2|--------2-----2|0-2-3-----3-3--|--------3---2---0--|
E|0-2-3---3---3--|3-2-0-------0--|--------3------|-------------------|


         G                          Em
This old porch is a big ol' ...
         C                        D
Standin' under a mesquite tree ...
   G                       Em
He keeps on playin' hide and seek ...
C                                D             G
Sweatin' and a pantin' ...
   Em            C           D
Oh no, With those cows ...