A                                  
I'm a high straight in Plainview    
                D 
A side bet in Idalou          
An' a fresh deck in New Deal 
 D                              
Yeah some call me high handed                   
Some call me low handed     
        A  
But I'm holdin' what I am the wheel 
 
Chorus: 
 A                                 
'Cause I'm panhandlin' manhandlin' 
                      D           
Post holin' high rollin' dust bowlin' Daddy 
   E                              
I ain't got no blood in my veins  
                         A  
I just got them four lanes  
Of hard Amarillo Highway 
 
 A                      
I don't wear no Stetson          
But I'm willin' to bet son
            D         
That I'm as big a Texan as you are 
 E                             
There's a girl in her bare feet
Asleep on the back seat  
                A        
And the trunk's full of Pearl beer and Lone Star 
 
Chorus: 
 A                                 
'Cause I'm panhandlin' manhandlin' 
м 
Post holin' high rollin' dust bowlin' Daddy 
  E                                
I ain't got no blood in my veins   
                       A
I just got them four lanes  
Of hard Amarillo Highway 
 
 A                  
Gonna hop outta bed,
Pop a pill in my head, 
                          D  
Bust a hub for the Golden Spread Under Blue Skies 
 E                    
Gonna stuff my hide,  
                                        A 
Behind some Power Glide Get some southern fried back in my hide 
 
Chorus: 
 A                                 
'Cause I'm panhandlin' manhandlin' 
                      D           
Post holin' high rollin' dust bowlin' Daddy 
  E                             
I ain't got no blood in my veins
                          A   
I just got them four lanes  
Of hard Amarillo Highway 
 
Refrain:
 E                                  
As Close as I'll ever get to heaven,
                               A 
Is makin' speed up old eighty-seven 
Of that hard Amarillo Highway 

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From: tbacus@onramp.net

Amarillo Highway
by Terry Allen

Capo at 2nd fret

G
I'm a high straight in Plainview
G
A side bet in Idalou
G                   C
An' a fresh deck in Mobile
D
Yeah some call me high handed
D
Some call me low handed
D                             G
But I'm holdin' what I am the wheel


Chorus:
G
'Cause I'm panhandlin' manhandlin'
G                                     C
Post holin' hugh rollin' dust bowlin' Daddy
  D
I ain't got no blood in my veins
D
I just got them four lanes
D                G
Of hard Amarillo Highway


I don't wear no Stetson
But I'm willin' to bet son
That I'm as big a Texan as you are
There's a girl in her bare feet
Assleep on the back seat
And the trunk's full of Pearl beer and Lone Star


CHORUS

Gonna hop outta bed
Pop a pill in my head
Bust a hub for the Golden Spread
Under Blue Skies
Gonna stuff my hide
Behind some Power Glide
Get some southern fried back in my hide

CHORUS

Refrain:
As Close as I'll ever get to heaven
Is makin' speed up old eighty-seven
Of that hard Amarillo Highway
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