Broken Town Blues
by Joe Purdy
From the album Canyon Joe


Tabbed by Kevin (liquoricewhip@hotmail.com)
Check out the Unofficial Joe Purdy Transcription site at www.kevin.host-ed.net/joepurdy

Standard tuning

G  C  G


G


Jamie couldn't get closer if she tried
Am               G
Sometimes she gets lonesome late at night
G
And she walks the street where good love has gone bad
Am   G
She worries for one she never had
D  C  Am
She said, "I still got some gentle in my bones
D G
Sometimes I just need someone else to know
D C Am
And I will walk 'til these clothes are soak through
D C G
And take comfort in these broken town blues"



Last time that I saw her we were young

She told me just how restless she'd become

And she cut her hair and took on a new name

Well it just goes to show that some things never change

And she said, "I still got some pony to my step

Well sometimes I just need someone in my bed

And I will toast the dark dance of worn out shoes

And take comfort in these broken town blues"



She said, "Get back in this city where you belong

Well come sing me some of your country boy songs

And tell me all your secrets, and I'll pour you wine

And if it gets late enough I'll tell you mine"

And she said, "I still got some crazy in my head

And for the most part I ain't got no regrets

So I will walk this rainy city here with you

And we'll take comfort in these broken town blues"