[Verse 1]
Dm Em F Em
Six o'clock silence of a new day beginning
Dm G A
Is heard in the small Texas town
Dm Em F Em
Like a signal from nowhere the people who live there
Dm G A
Are up and they're moving around
[Chorus]
D7 G7
'Cause there's bacon to fry and there's biscuits to bake
D7 G7
On the stove that the Salvation Army won't take
D7 G7
And you open the windows and you turn on the fan
A A/G A/F A/E
'Cause it's hotter than hell when the sun hits the land
[Verse 2]
Dm Em F Em
Walter and Fanny, well they own the grocery
Dm G A
That sells most all that you need
Dm Em F Em
They've been up and working since early this morning
Dm G A
They've got the whole village to feed
D7 G7
They put out fresh eggs, throw bad ones away
D7 G7
That rotted because of the heat yesterday
D7 G7
The store's all dark so you can't see the flies
A A/G A/F A/E
That settle on round steak and last Monday's pies
[Verse 3]
Dm Em F Em
Sleepy Hill's Drugstore and the cafe they're open
Dm G A
The coffee is bubbling hot
Dm Em F Em
And all the folks that ain't working gonna sit there 'till sundown
Dm G A
And talk about what they ain't got
D7 G7
Someone just threw a clutch in the old pickup truck
D7 G7
It seems like they been riding on a streak of bad luck
D7 G7
The doctors bills came and the well has gone dry
A A/G A/F A/E
Seems their grown kids don't care whether they live or die
[Instrumental]
Dm Em F Em (x4)
Dm (2 measures)
[CODA]
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