Oil Town

|G |Cadd9 G |Em7 Cadd9 |G | 2x G Cadd9 G The street light it flickers and quietly remembers Em7 Cadd9 G Back to 45 the Friday night sounds G Cadd9 G The coyotes are different, they moan in the distance Em7 Cadd9 G And their cries cast spells on the town Cadd9 G But the boys from the rigs, they had paychecks to show Em7 Cadd9 G They made money, they'll spend it like hell G Cadd9 G They took their debt, their pain and regrets Em7 Cadd9 G And they left them beneath that well G Cadd9 G Oil town, oil town Em7 Cadd9 G You have black gold beneath your ground G Cadd9 G Oil town, oil town Em7 Cadd9 G She's been waitin' but soon she'll be found |G |Cadd9 G |Em7 Cadd9 |G | 2x G Cadd9 G And Mary, she was restless, she'd heard of East Texas Em7 Cadd9 G Of the pines and the roses out there G Cadd9 G With the wind in her sails, she cursed Midland to hell Em7 Cadd9 G And she ran from all of her cares Cadd9 G But the time passed her by like the dreams in her mind Em7 Cadd9 G She got a letter from her mother one May G Cadd9 G It said the boys of K-L (?), they just broke the shale Em7 Cadd9 G To bring heaven to Midland to stay, oh G Cadd9 G Oil town, oil town Em7 Cadd9 G You have black gold beneath your ground G Cadd9 G Oil town, oil town Em7 Cadd9 G She's been waitin' but soon she'll be found |G |Cadd9 G |Em7 Cadd9 |G | 2x G Cadd9 G Oil town, oil town Em7 Cadd9 G You have black gold beneath your ground G Cadd9 G Oil town, oil town Em7 Cadd9 G She's been waitin' but soon she'll be G Cadd9 G Oil town, oil town Em7 Cadd9 G You have black gold beneath your ground G Cadd9 G Oil town, oil town Em7 Cadd9 G She's been waitin' but soon she'll be, soon she'll be found |G |Cadd9 G |Em7 Cadd9 |G | 2x