By: Michael Martin Murphy and Boomer Castleman
Recorded by: Lyle Lovett
Album: Step Inside this House
[F]Now I was driving down
[F]A West Texas highway
[Gm]I saw a hitchhiker
And his thum[G#m7]b was pointing my way
[F]He didn't look suspicious
[Gm]And he didn't look any too clean[C]
[F]I put on my brakes
And I opene[F]d my door
I could tel[Gm]l he was a bum
By the muddy boots he [G#m7]wore
He said I'm going d[F]own to Haskell
[C]Got a woman down in Abilene.[F]
He said son E[F]ast Texas
Is where I come from[F]
I was work[Gm]ing a rodeo out there
And it sur[G#m7]e got humdrum
So I'm just travel[F]ling around
A wh[Gm]ole lot of Texas I've seen[C]
[F]I'm mighty glad
[F]You were going my way
[Gm]In your brand new clothes there
And your great big Chevr[G#m7]olet
[F]I'm going down to Haskell
Got a woma[C]n back in Abilene.[F]
[F]Well he was grinning like a possum
[F]And a mighty happy rascal
And he [Gm]waved good-bye
When I let h[G#m7]im out in Haskell
[F]And that's about the last
Of that old road [Gm]tramp
I ever did see[G#m7]
[F]But I'm still wishing
[F]To this very day
That he [Gm]had my clothes
And my big Ch[G#m7]evrolet
And it was me goi[F]ng to Haskell
With a woma[C]n down in Abilene.[F]
Recorded by: Lyle Lovett
Album: Step Inside this House
[F]Now I was driving down
[F]A West Texas highway
[Gm]I saw a hitchhiker
And his thum[G#m7]b was pointing my way
[F]He didn't look suspicious
[Gm]And he didn't look any too clean[C]
[F]I put on my brakes
And I opene[F]d my door
I could tel[Gm]l he was a bum
By the muddy boots he [G#m7]wore
He said I'm going d[F]own to Haskell
[C]Got a woman down in Abilene.[F]
He said son E[F]ast Texas
Is where I come from[F]
I was work[Gm]ing a rodeo out there
And it sur[G#m7]e got humdrum
So I'm just travel[F]ling around
A wh[Gm]ole lot of Texas I've seen[C]
[F]I'm mighty glad
[F]You were going my way
[Gm]In your brand new clothes there
And your great big Chevr[G#m7]olet
[F]I'm going down to Haskell
Got a woma[C]n back in Abilene.[F]
[F]Well he was grinning like a possum
[F]And a mighty happy rascal
And he [Gm]waved good-bye
When I let h[G#m7]im out in Haskell
[F]And that's about the last
Of that old road [Gm]tramp
I ever did see[G#m7]
[F]But I'm still wishing
[F]To this very day
That he [Gm]had my clothes
And my big Ch[G#m7]evrolet
And it was me goi[F]ng to Haskell
With a woma[C]n down in Abilene.[F]
