Lyr/Chords Req: Rocky Mountain Time (John Prine)

Subject: Rocky Mountain Time(?)-John Prine
From:
Date: 27 Aug 01 - 11:18 AM

Friend i was tradin songs with gave me the name of this site and said that this would be the place for help with lyrics and chords.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Rocky Mountain Time(?)-John P
From: Pene Azul
Date: 27 Aug 01 - 11:29 AM

You can get the lyrics here (click).

Jeff

Subject: Lyr Add: ROCKY MOUNTAIN TIME (John Prine)
From: Pene Azul
Date: 27 Aug 01 - 11:31 AM

ROCKY MOUNTAIN TIME
(John Prine)
As recorded by John Prine on "Diamonds in the Rough" (1972)

The station was empty
The trains were all gone
I reached in my pocket
And I wanted for dawn

Chorus:
The clock played drums
And I hummed the sax
And the wind whistled down
The railroad tracks
Hey three for a quarter
One for a dime
I'll bet it's tomorrow
By Rocky Mountain time

I walked in the restaurant
For something to do
The waitress yelled at me
And so did the food
And the water taste funny
When you're far from your home
But it's only the thirsty
That hunger to roam

(Repeat chorus)

We'll build us a castle on Main Street
And pretend that we're down on the farm
Hell, we'll hold out as long as we have to
Then we'll twist off each other's arm

Christ I'm so mixed up and lonely
I can't even make friends with my brain
I'm too young to be where I'm going
But I'm too old to go back again

(Repeat first verse and chorus)

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Rocky Mountain Time(?)-John P
From: Pene Azul
Date: 27 Aug 01 - 11:42 AM

Chords here.

(email sent)

Jeff

Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: ROCKY MOUNTAIN TIME (John Prine)
From: Pene Azul
Date: 27 Aug 01 - 11:43 AM

ROCKY MOUNTAIN TIME
(John Prine)

Intro:
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [G]

T[C]he station was e[G]mpty
T[D]he trains were all g[G]one
I[C] reached in my po[G]cket
And I [D]waited for d[G]awn

The [C]clock played d[G]rums
And [D]I hummed the s[G]ax
And the w[C]ind whistled down the rai[D]lroad tr[G]acks
Hey, t[C]hree for a qu[G]arter, o[D]ne for a d[G]ime
I'll [C]bet it's tomorrow by R[D]ocky Mountain t[G]ime
[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G]

I[C] walked in the res[G]taurant
For [D]something to [G]do
The [C]waitress yelled at [G]me
And [D]so did the fo[G]od
And the [C]water taste fu[G]nny
When you're [D]far from your h[G]ome
But [C]it's only the th[G]irsty
That [D]hunger to r[G]oam

And the [C]clock played d[G]rums
And [D]I hummed the s[G]ax
And the w[C]ind whistled down the rai[D]lroad tr[G]acks
Hey, t[C]hree for a qu[G]arter, o[D]ne for a d[G]ime
I'll [C]bet it's tomorrow by R[D]ocky Mountain t[G]ime
[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G]

We'll[F] build us a castle on main s[G]treet
And p[F]retend that we're down on the f[G]arm
Hell, we'[F]ll hold out as long as we h[G]ave to
Then we'll t[A]wist off each other's a[D]rms [D/C] [D/B] [D/A]

[G]Christ, I'm so mi[C]xed up and lo[G]nely
I can't e[C]ven make fri[D]ends with my br[G]ain
Yeah, I'm [C]too young to [D]be where I'm g[G]oing
But I'm [C]too old to [D]go back a[G]gain
[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G]

[C]The station was e[G]mpty
[D]The trains were all g[G]one
[C]I reached in my po[G]cket
[D]And I waited for d[G]awn

The [C]clock played d[G]rums
And [D]I hummed the s[G]ax
And the w[C]ind whistled down the rai[D]lroad tr[G]acks
Hey, t[C]hree for a qu[G]arter, o[D]ne for a d[G]ime
I'll [C]bet it's tomorrow by R[D]ocky Mountain t[G]ime
By R[D]ocky Mountain t[G]ime
By R[D]ocky Mountain t[G]ime
By R[D]ocky Mountain t[G]ime [C] [G]

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Rocky Mountain Time(?)-John P
From: Joe Offer
Date: 27 Aug 01 - 01:34 PM

Gee, I thought this was a mixup between John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" and "Wild Mountain Thyme." I thought I was familiar with all of Prines' work, but I didn't know this one. It's on his "Diamonds in the Rough" album.
-Joe Offer-