Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: D MajorD
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
D MajorD G+G x2
Verse 1:
D MajorD
Keepin' quiet through the brake check
G+G
When the bulls leave I'm alone again
D MajorD
And got a crew change from a guy I knew in college
G+G
I'm making new plans
B minorBm
I'm catching out of Bethlehem
A augmentedA
And chasing trains like I'm nineteen again
Chorus 1:
G+G D MajorD
Well, I got my sights set on L.A.
G+G D MajorD
I'll swim in the ocean on my birthday
G+G F#F#
Wrapped in a sleeping bag and diesel fumes
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
And the sun through the Cascades
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
It tells me that I'm on my goddamn way
Interlude:
G+G D MajorD G+G
Verse 2:
D MajorD
Took the north line on an IM from Chicago
G+G
Cut through the winter wheat
D MajorD
Frozen breath hangs in the dawn out over Whitefish
G+G
And I, I'm half asleep
B minorBm
I'll swap out in Wenatchee
A augmentedA
I'll ride junk down for the rest of the week
Chorus 2:
G+G D MajorD
'Cause I got my sights set on L.A.
G+G D MajorD
I'll swim in the ocean on my birthday
G+G F#F#
Wrapped in a sleeping bag and diesel fumes
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
And the sun through the Cascades
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
It tells me that I'm close
Bridge:
A augmentedA
Bury me anywhere else
B minorBm
I couldn't die in New Jersey
G+G
I had to prove to myself
D MajorD
That I could outrun the ghosts
A augmentedA
That I could someday get well
B minorBm
I wasn't always a coward
G+G
Bury me anywhere else
D MajorD
Bury me anywhere else
Outro:
A augmentedA B minorBm G+G
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm G+G