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Derby Day
by the inimitable Jerry Jeff Walker
C F
Yeah Susan you are a jewel
C F
'Bout the rarest I've ever seen
C C/B Am C/G F
And I wish I could polish off all the edges
G C
Of my craziest dreams
C F
But you know the way I am
C F
There's nothin' you could do
C C/B Am C/G
Cuz anything you don't want me to do
F G C
Say go ahead and tell me to
Chorus:
F G C
Yeah and it must have been one hell of a starry night
F G
Yeah the moon was so bright
C C/B Am C/B
Guess it must have knocked out all of your lights
F G
I guess that's the night that you fell
C
For my silvery line
Hey everything I do is backwards
You know it ain't no lie
You love I love you love ah you know
You know I love your beautiful eyes
Well I can't pay you back, no
Can't make it up in a song
I guess I'm here tryin to tell you that
I missed myself while you were gone
Chorus
Yeah well you always picked the winner
In every Derby race
I guess you just picked on me
For a little bit of change of pace
So go on, shake your hair, let it loose
Run til you pass the wind
And I'll be runnin' right in front of you
Tryin' to bring myself in
Chorus