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Date: 11/1/00; 10:19:29 PM
From: RHUM55pitt@aol.com
Subject: NEW EMMYLOU HARRIS TAB

 BOY FROM TUPELO
    Written and Performed By Emmylou Harris on " RED DIRT GIRL" 2000
    Tabbed By Ryan Humbert Rhum55pitt@aol.com
    Alterations and Corrections Welcome!!!!
    Ok guys this is one of the first couple songs I have tried to figure out. 
Emmylou is great and this song and the new CD proves it. This might not be 
correct but if works good for an acoustic song, particularly with a guy and 
girl harmony. Good luck and happy pickin'


 C                              F
you don't love me, this i know
  G                             C
don't need a bible to tell me so
   C                            F
I hung around a little too long
   G                    C
I was good but now i'm gone

CHORUS

            F
like the buffalo
                C
that boy from tupelo
                    G
any way the wind can blow
                C
that's where I'm gonna go
                    F
I'll be gone like a five and dime
            C
It'll be the perfect crime
                G
just ask the boy from tupelo
                    C
he's the king and he oughta know


     C                  F
the shoulder i've been leanin on
        G               C
is the coldest place i've ever know
        C               F
theres nothin left for me round here
        G               C
looks like it's time to disapear

            F
like the buffalo
                C
that boy from tupelo
                    G
the old wall down in jericho
                C
maybelle on the radio
                    F
I'll be gone like the five and dime
                    C
It'll be the perfect crime
                    G
just ask the boy from tupelo
                        C
he's the king and he oughta know

    
    C                   F
you don't love me, this i know
        G               C
don't need a bible to tell me so
        C               F
it's a shame and it's a sin
        G               F
everything I coulda been to you


                F
your last chance texaco
                    C
your sweetheart of the rodeo
                G
a juielt to your romeo
                        C
the border you cross into mexico
                    F
I'll never understand why or how
                    C
oh but baby its too late now
                    G
just ask the boy from tupelo
                        C
he's the king and he oughta know