Forty Miles Of Famous

N.C. “This is KGFN, 89.1, in Goldfield, Nevada, voice of the old West.” D G A C D G G I turned on my radio, D To me the only choice, D And pouring through the speakers, C D I recognize my voice, G On that lonely stretch of highway, C G/B Am Where the crows and the coyote’s call, C I’m forty miles of famous, D G Between Goldfield and Tonopah. G In between those rugged peaks, D My songs they just get trapped, D That little drive on 95, C D Is my music habitat, G While there’s places in this country, C G/B Am Where I don’t get played at all, C But I’m forty miles of famous, D G Between Goldfield and Tonopah. D I’m forty miles of famous, C G Just south of Tonapah, Em To the tourists and the truckers, A D And the snow-birds I’m a star, C D They play this side of the dirt, G D/F# Em Sometimes bigger than the sky, C Oh, it ain’t exactly Nashville, D G But I’m famous for forty miles. G Someone told me radio waves, D Go forever out in space, D A million years from now, C D I could be famous in another place, G Or I might be a hologram, C G/B Am In some galactic park, C Right now I’m forty miles of famous, D G Between Goldfield and Tonopah. D I’m forty miles of famous, C G Just south of Tonapah, Em To the tourists and the truckers, A D And the snow-birds I’m a star, C D They play this side of the dirt, G D/F# Em Sometimes bigger than the sky, C Oh, it ain’t exactly Nashville, D G But I’m famous for forty miles. C Oh, you don’t know who’ll be listening, A To that little FM station, C I could be a sixty year old, D Overnight sensation, G I turned on my radio, D To me the only choice, D And pouring through the speakers, C D I recognize my voice, G So I indulged my vanity, C G/B Am Just because I could, C I cranked up the volume, shouted, D G Damn that guy is good. D I’m forty miles of famous, C G Just south of Tonapah, Em To the tourists and the truckers, A D And the snow-birds I’m a star, C D They play this side of the dirt, G D/F# Em Sometimes bigger than the sky, C Oh, it ain’t exactly Nashville, D G But I’m famous for forty miles. C Oh, it ain’t exactly Nashville, D G But I’m famous for forty miles. A C D G