“The Late Great Golden State” by Dwight Yoakam
Written by Mike Stinson
From the album “Population Me”
Audium Records, 2003
Transcribed by Kevin Ross (kjross@yahoo.com)


	E          A	   E
In the late great golden state
              C#m       B  E
It’s getting hard to negotiate
           E               A      E
When you’re one slip from a grim fate
     C#m           B       E
In the late great golden state

E A E, E B E

In the late great golden state
I don’t do much but I’m always late
I ain’t old, I’m just out of date
In the late great golden state

BRIDGE:
       C#m          B               A
I caught one last glimpse of a Palomino
	 C#m      B                      A
When I drove out west to see the Purple Sage
             E       A		    E          A
Then as the canyons burned and the mountains crumbled
			        B
The last cowboy band left the stage

I ain’t old, I’m just out of date
In the late great golden state

E A E, E B E (x2)

BRIDGE

Yeah the late great golden state
Is a nice place for a clean slate
But leave your expectations at the gate
Of the late great golden state
‘Cause they can pack you up and send you home in a crate
Stamped “The Late Great Golden State”

E A E, E B E