Dreaming of Kerrville

Copyright Doc Pablo, August 2001

Inspired by an old photo of Dar Williams at the Kerrville folk festival

G riff: G G/F# G/E G/F# //

D riff: D D/B D/C D/B

v1: C C/B Am G

Your guitar's on the stairs, and I ask if I might

C C/B Am D

You say "Oh, do you play?" Well I guess I'm alright,

C C/B Am G

and I won't win no prizes, but I've written a few songs

C C/B Am D (D riff)

That I play with my friends, and we all sing along...

So you pour us some tea as I strum a few bars

And you're smiling at me but we're both working hard

And we stumble in silence, left with nothing much to say

As we sit on your couch - guess I'm still miles away...

1st chorus: (chords as in verse, except for last line hook)

And I'm dreaming of Kerrville where they sing to the dawn

In the heartland of Texas as summer comes on

Though I ain't never played there - only in my dreams I might,

C C/B Am D G (G riff)

So I'm dreaming of Kerrville, though I'm with you tonight

v2:

You say "Oh, what's the point?"; I agree with a sigh

You're bent all out of joint and don't even know why

But I'm easily distracted, so the fault is surely mine:

You just let me near a steel guitar, and in a matter of time...

So I mutter an apology, and put the guitar down

And I promise that I'll be much better on the next time 'round

Though you know I know this time's the last, you whisper "It's alright"

And I thank you for the tea again - then it's time to say "Goodnight"

2nd chorus:

But I'm still dreaming of Kerrville with a song on the wing

They won't turn you away if you can play or you can sing

And though I'd leave here tomorrow, just like Joni I've been tied

So I'm dreaming of Kerrville, on the lonely midnight ride

v3:

Driving home alone revives my echoes of the past

And I wonder at the way my first dates tend to be my last

Please don't call me a 'romantic' - that gig's never what it seems

'Cause romantics don't get romances, but this dreamer's got his dreams

3rd chorus:

And now I'm dreaming of Kerrville where they sing to the dawn

In the heartland of Texas as summer comes on

Though I ain't never played there - only in my dreams I might,

So I'm dreaming of Kerrville, as I turn out the light... (D riff this time only)

And I'm dreaming of Kerrville, and I smile at the crowd

And I take a deep breath, and I sing it out loud

And I reach for that note, and I nail it just right

When I'm dreaming of Kerrville - in my dreams tonight