Cowboy Junkies - Murder Tonight In The Trailer Park Tabs

MURDER, TONIGHT, IN THE TRAILER PARK

written by M. Timmins and The Cowboy Junkies,
submitted and transcribed in May 1998


A		              G
Murder tonight in the trailer park.
F
Mrs. Annabelle Evans found
	 E
with her throat cut after dark.
A
Her pockets turned inside out
	    G
her dresser drawers turned upside down.
F
Anna's neighbor, Peg, identifies the body
E			  B     E
lets out a hollow kind of sound.

E	    A
Homicide is tying yellow ribbons
E	             A
around her silver Airstream.
E	     A
Red cherries slashing up the night
B		     A	            E
cutting through that cordoned crime scene.
A	       G			   E
There's been a murder in the trailer park tonight.

A			      G
Murder tonight in the trailer park.
F
Pack your things, Ann Marie, we're heading
E
west, we're gonna make a fresh start.
A
I've been saving pennies,
	     G
been looking forward to this day.
F
No time for questions, are you coming
E		 B     E
or are you gonna stay?

E		   A
Crosstown at the Waterton
E				 A
George Evans is sitting tall and tight,
E			  A
buying drinks for all the regulars
B			A		     E
bragging about how them bones danced for him tonight.
A	       G			  E
There's been a murder in the trailer park tonight.

A		              G
Murder tonight in the trailer park.
F
Faceless man counting crumpled bills,
E
hotel neon fights the dark.
A				      G
TV set in the corner, they're talking murder on the late-night news.
F
He turns down the sound, waits for the sports.
E		       B		  E
He only wants to know "did I win or did I lose?"

E	       A		     E		  A
There's been a murder in the trailer park tonight.
E       A	       E
Murder in the trailer park.



The song sounds right except for the first B (and its repetitions), which I
think sounds a little off.  It must be some B variation.  If you can
correct me, I can go to my grave happy.

Brent Wood