\selectlanguage{english} \songcolumns{2} \beginsong{Black-eyed Susan} [by={Laura Veirs},cover={the-triumphs-and-travails-of-orphan-mae},album={The Triumphs and Travails of Orphan Mae},% url={http://www.lauraveirs.com}] \cover \gtab{C#m}{4:X02210} \gtab{G#}{4:022100} \begin{verse} \[C#m]Twenty days walking so lonely and talking To my\[G#]self and the rocks and sand \[C#m]Got me to thinking 'bout going and drinking In a \[G#]tavern with a clean-sha\[C#m]ven man \end{verse} \begin{verse*} Just when I thought all souls had been bought By the devil here long ago There did I see when I knelt to my knee A little Texas flower grow \end{verse*} \begin{chorus} \[C#m]Black-eyed Susan by the roadside blooming All \[G#]yellow like sunshine, red like wine \[C#m]Flower like you, in a desert this cruel My-\[G#]my, you're a rare-rare \[C#m]find \end{chorus} \begin{verse} Well, my newfound friend gave my heart a mend I sang her songs of my wayward ways As day turned to night in the crystal moonlight I confirmed her unwavering gaze \end{verse} \begin{verse*} As the days unraveled, I stayed in the gravel And Susan kept her eye on me With my eye on her, I felt my heart all astir With the joy of camaraderie \end{verse*} \endsong