E                             A 
Midnight at a liquor store in Texas 
E                                B7 
It's closing time another day is done 
       E                                  A     F#7 
When a boy walks in the door and points a pistol 
         E              B7                E 
He can't find a job but Lord he's found a gun 

                                        A 
He pulls it off with no trace of confrontation 
        E                               B7 
That he lets the old man run out in the street 
     E                                        A      F#7 
Even though he knows they'll come with guns a blazing 
      E            B7              E 
And already he can feel that great relief 

                          D    A 
Oh how many travelers get wear-y 
E                                    B7 
Bearing both their burdens and their scars 
E                                      A 
Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining 
    E               B7            E 
And fly like eagles out among the stars 

                               A 
He pictures the arrival of the cruisers 
          E                           B7 
Sees that old familiar anger in their eyes 
   E                                        A    F#7 
He knows that when they're shooting at this loser 
           E             B7              E 
They'll be aiming at the demons in their lives 

Repeat #3 

                                A 
Evening news it carries all the details 
   E                            B7 
He dies in every living room in town 
   E                            A    F#7 
In his own a bottle's thrown in anger 
        E                  B7              E 
And his father cries we'll never live this down 

                          D    A 
Oh how many travelers get wear-y 
E                                    B7 
Bearing both their burdens and their scars 
E                                    A 
Don't you think they'd love to start all over 
    E               B7            E 
And fly like eagles out among the stars 


                    B7            E 
And fly like eagles out among the stars