“The Late Great Golden State” by Dwight Yoakam

Written by Mike Stinson

From the album “Population Me”

Audium Records, 2003

Transcribed by Kevin Ross ([email protected])

http://www.geocities.com/kjross/guitar/

 

 

       E          A       E

In the late great golden state

              C#m       B  E

It’s getting hard to negotiate

           E               A      E

When you’re one slip from a grim fate

     C#m           B       E

In the late great golden state

 

E A E, E B E

 

In the late great golden state

I don’t do much but I’m always late

I ain’t old, I’m just out of date

In the late great golden state

 

BRIDGE:

       C#m          B               A

I caught one last glimpse of a Palomino

       C#m        B                      A

When I drove out west to see the Purple Sage

             E       A              E          A

Then as the canyons burned and the mountains crumbled

                                B

The last cowboy band left the stage

 

I ain’t old, I’m just out of date

In the late great golden state

 

E A E, E B E (x2)

 

BRIDGE

 

Yeah the late great golden state

Is a nice place for a clean slate

But leave your expectations at the gate

Of the late great golden state

‘Cause they can pack you up and send you home in a crate

Stamped “The Late Great Golden State”

 

E A E, E B E