Here are the correct chords to “Skinny Legs” by Lyle Lovett. To play along
with the recording, use a Capo on the FIRST fret and play the normal chord
fingering as noted (with apologies to Steve Johnson)

Lyle Lovett (c) 1994

See that boy with that guitar
He’s got skinny legs like I always wanted
A girlfriend in his car ‘cause he’s got
Skinny legs like I always wanted
Now sister look at me again
Well, you’d love me if I was as skinny as him

2. And see that boy with that guitar
He’s got a shirt and tie like I always wanted
A girlfriend in his car ‘cause he’s got
A shirt and tie like I always wanted
Now sister look at me again
Well, you’d love me if I was a dresser like him

3. And see that boy with that guitar
He’s got a blue Toyota like I always wanted
A Japanese girl in his car ‘cause he’s got
A blue Toyota like I always wanted
Now sister look at me again
Well, you’d love me if I was a driver like him

4. And see that boy with that guitar
He’s got a baby face like I always wanted
A girlfriend in his car ‘cause he’s got
A baby face like I always wanted
Now sister look at me again
Well, you’d love me if I was a looker like him

5. And see that boy with that guitar
He’s got a little round … like I always wanted
A girlfriend in his car ‘cause he’s got
A little round … like I always wanted
Now sister look at me again
Well, you’d love me if I had a … like him
You’d love me if that were my rear end

(bridge)
But legs they come and faces go
Just like old Toyotas
The Jap girl dumped my ass and stole my clothes
She took my car and left me singing

See that boy with that guitar
He’s got skinny legs like I always wanted
A girlfriend in his car ‘cause he’s got
Skinny legs like I always wanted
Skinny legs like I always wanted

[–]”The little man knows all …”

RECORD LADY by Lyle Lovett

Robert Earl this friend of mine
You know he’s always looking after my best interest
He told me Lyle P. you need to get some action
Get your head back in line
You need to get out on your own boy
This hanging around here’s got to stop
Get out on your own boy
And take a little trip to the record shop

I said the record shop
But Robert I don’t need no records
He just smiled and he said

What you need is a

She’s got the cutest little cartridge
That you’ve ever seen
She’s a phonographic dream

I didn’t waste no time about it
I put on my coat and shoes
I packed up my old rocking chair
And I left them hell on Church Street blues
And I went down to the record shop
What else could I do
She was five foot one and three quarters
Lord she claimed she was five foot two

And she looked at me with her big green eyes
And she said can I help you find something
I said what you got on special

She’s got the cutest little cartridge
That you’ve ever seen
She’s a phonographic dream

Acting very safisticated
I began to browse around
I walked up to the Record Lady
And I said I sure do like what I have found
It would be so beautiful
Please come away with me
We could run down to Istanbul
Or maybe even Gay Paris

And she looked at me with her big green eyes
She said can I help you find something
I said what you got on special

She’s got the cutest little cartridge
That you’ve ever seen
She’s a phonographic dream
A phonographic dream

One day you know I will see
My phonographic fantasy
In sweet fulfillment to the last detail
Down in Acapulco
Or even somewhere else
Just her and me together
The whole day long
Her and me together
Playing them records all night long

She’s the Record Lady
Record Lady at the record shop
Set it spinning mama
Don’t never stop my

[–]David

Look around
And you will see
This world is full of creeps like me
You look surprised
You shouldn’t be
This world is full of creeps like me

And I keep my uncle Leon
In my closet
In my closet
There don’t nobody know
Just me and uncle Leon
And my closet
And they wonder
Where’d that old man go

Look around and you will see
This world is full of creeps like me
You look surprised
You shouldn’t be
This world is full of creeps like me

And I knew this pretty girl once
She was eighteen
Maybe
What’s a year or two
And one day when she asked me
If I loved her
I said baby
What’s it worth to you

But look around
And you will see
This world is full of creeps like me
You look surprised
You shouldn’t be
This world is full of creeps like me

And I wear grandmother’s ring
On my finger
On my finger
She had a tooth of gold
She had a tooth of gold
She had a tooth of gold