Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro (Man 1 and Man 2):
N.C.
Hi Beth. Oh, I was just calling you to chat with you.
N.C.
I'm probably going to have to get up at the buttcrack of dawn tomorrow.
N.C.
Oh, I hear Patsy backed out on ya tomorrow. Is she—
N.C.
Damn it, John! (Hmm?) I lost that frickin’ steel line. (Ugh...) Shit!
N.C.
OK, it's alright. Go fucking find it!
N.C.
Ah, shit, I'm lookin’ man. (Haha, fuck.)
N.C.
See, I told you my head don't work right
N.C.
Yeah, you don't have to tell me that
Instrumental:
| E minorEm | G+G | G+G |
| C majorC | E minorEm | G+G | G+G |
| C majorC | E minorEm | G+G | G+G |
Verse 1:
C majorC E minorEm G+G
I'm in the car, I just needed to clear my head
C majorC E minorEm G+G
She's in the house with the baby crying on the bed
C majorC E minorEm G+G
She's got this thing where she puts the walls so high
D MajorD
It doesn't matter how much you love
C majorC
It doesn't matter how hard you try
Verse 2:
C majorC E minorEm G+G
We got a place with a fence and a little grass
C majorC E minorEm G+G
I put this film on the windows, and it looks like chapel glass
C majorC E minorEm G+G
But when shе turns, it’s like the shadow of the cross don’t cast
D MajorD
No blеssing over our lonely life
C majorC
It's like waiting for a train to pass, and I don’t know when it'll pass
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
But I remember when she used to set the room on fire
E minorEm C majorC
With her eyes, swear to god
G+G D MajorD
It's like a flood of grief and sorrow from a haunted life
E minorEm C majorC G+G G+G
When she cries, like a train, it's a lot
Verse 3:
C majorC E minorEm G+G
I dropped a line to a flickering high school flame
C majorC E minorEm G+G
We laughed about all the ways that our lives had changed
C majorC E minorEm G+G
She’s up the road, about 35 miles north
D MajorD
Got two little boys in school
C majorC
Just had a real bad divorce and in a moment of weakness
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
I told her if she ever needed a helping hand
E minorEm C majorC
I would lend, swear to god
G+G D MajorD
It's like the part of me that's screaming not to jump gets lost
E minorEm C majorC G+G
In the sound of the train, it's a lot
Bridge:
Dsus4Dsus4 E minor 7Em7 C majorC
Trying hard
G+G Dsus4Dsus4
Not to care
E minor 7Em7 C majorC
Swear to God
Outro:
| G+G | G+G | Dsus4Dsus4 | Dsus4Dsus4 | E minor 7Em7 | E minor 7Em7 | C majorC | C majorC |
| G+G | G+G | Dsus4Dsus4 | Dsus4Dsus4 | E minor 7Em7 | E minor 7Em7 | C majorC | C majorC |
| G+G | G+G | Dsus4Dsus4 | Dsus4Dsus4 | E minor 7Em7 | E minor 7Em7 | C majorC | C majorC |
| G+G | G+G | Dsus4Dsus4 | Dsus4Dsus4 | E minor 7Em7 | E minor 7Em7 | C majorC | C majorC |
| G+G | G+G | Dsus4Dsus4 | Dsus4Dsus4 | E minor 7Em7 | E minor 7Em7 | C majorC | C majorC |
| G+G | G+G | Dsus4Dsus4 | Dsus4Dsus4 | E minor 7Em7 | E minor 7Em7 | C majorC | C majorC |
| G+G | G+G | Dsus4Dsus4 | Dsus4Dsus4 | E minor 7Em7 | E minor 7Em7 | C majorC | C majorC |
| G+G | G+G | Dsus4Dsus4 | Dsus4Dsus4 | E minor 7Em7 | E minor 7Em7 | C majorC | C majorC | G+G |