Panhandle Slim Chords & Lyrics - The Panhandlers

[VERSE 1]
Panha[C]ndle sli-
m was the[Am] pride of the [G]plains,
[F]the crabapple of his mother’s e[C]ye

[C]He grew like a weed in t[Am]he West Texas r[G]ain,
[F]always reaching for the sk[C]y

Sharp as a thorn on a prickly pear, quicker than lightning on his legacy mare

And at times more elusive than a panhandle bear

And funnier than a jackalope

The last out of seven birds of a feather, the last with the family name

So the young lonesome rooster roosted the birdhouse, the loneliest roost on the range

[CHORUS]
‘Ca[F]use horses need w[C]ater and co[G]tton needs
[Am]rain
Co[F]wboys need lo[C]ve or the[G]y’ll drive you
[Am]insane
It[F] sure gets lo[C]nesome out[G] here on the [Am]plains
A[F]nd it hurts t[C]o cry with d[G]ry eyes
Bu[F]t if you ever[C] see him, h[G]e’ll tell you that
[G]he’s doing fine

[C] - [Am] [G] [F] [C]

[VERSE 2]

As time goes by it slithers and frame starts to wither, but rust can’t touch an innocent mind

When you grow like a weed does on the West Texas plains, you’ll learn to love sunshine

Through tired eyes he dreams of girls from the city and the smell of myrtle perfume

And he looks to the stars, he sings a few bars to the lonesome man in the moon

[CHORUS]

How horses need water and cotton needs rain

Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane

It sure gets lonesome out here on the plains

And it hurts to cry with dry eyes

But if you ever see him, he’ll tell you that he’s doing fine

[VERSE 3]

Slim’s hat landed next to his jaw on the ground when he saw her walking his way

With eyes like sapphire, she spoke to his soul without ever saying a thing

A single sunflower at golden hour, looking finer than a Georgia O’Keeffe

When you grow like a weed in the west Texas plains you know how to turn a new leaf

[CHORUS]

Just like horses need water and cotton needs rain

Cowboys need love or they’ll drive you insane

It sure gets lonesome out here on the plains

And it hurts to cry with dry eyes

But if you ever see him, he’ll tell you that he’s doing fine

[OUTRO]

Now these days when you see him, he’ll tell you that he’d doing fine