Armadillo Jackal Chords

Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 TAmhe evening sun was sinkin' down, a cGhill north wind a-blows

 TFhe new-plowed ground was coolin' fast, the river roElls and flows

 BAmeneath the two-lane concrete rGiver bridge between my place and town

 OFn that hot-bed Farm to Market roadE they call 1291

 IAm'm sayin' son you'll see me searchin'G; sizzlin' down that broad hiway

 DFollar signs in both my eyes, I'm seekin' oEut my prey. I'm prayin'

 "AmJesus, will you send me just aGnother three or four?"

 TFhey pay two-fifty down in Halletsville, E3 dollars, maybe more.

 AAmnd more than likely they'll bGe out tonight a-wanderin' from the farms;

 WFaddlin' down 1291 to keep theEir bodies warm.

 IAm'm talking walkin' belts and nGeckties, and boots for rodeo;

 TFhey don't run too fast, don't waste much gas. EI'm makin' lots o'dough.

 TAmhe armadCillo..G..o..D..o...o The aAmrmadilloC....o.G...o.D..o The armadillo

(after this use the same chord progression as the first verse)

Never sees me when I hit him with my brights. His life don't flash

Before his eyes, he's blinded by my lights and so I hit him with my

Bumper doin' sixty, sixty-five; they take 'em frozen down in Halletsville

They don't take 'em alive. The jackal cri....i....i...ied

The jackal cri....i....i...ied The jackal cried, "Look there's two of

Them a-walkin' down the line. I can't believe my luck tonight this here

Makes twenty-nine!" And so he rolled the first one runnin'. The second

Was too fast. His breaks and laughter squealin' as he stomped down on the

Gas. Good-God, his car was sideways flyin', when the bridge wall met his

Door. The impact shook the river bed his foot went through the floor

Forevermore....or....or...ore Forevermore....or....or....ore

Forevermore was his last moment from the bridge wall to the stream; from

The speckled blood around his smile a-spewin' gasoline. And then he

Screamed his raspy epitaph, before he turned to flame: "They pay two-fifty

down in Halletsville.... I ain't the one to blame....."

Ain't it a sha....a....a...ame The jackal cri....i....i...ied

The armadillo....o....o...o The armadillo....o....o...o

(repeat until fade)