Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 5th
- Difficulty: Beginner
Performance @ Walt Disney Theater
🎸 Intro:
FF C majorC G+G
🎸 Verse 1:
C majorC
He saw the lightnin' flash across the clear blue sky
E minorEm
Saw the rain creep across the road
DmDm
Well he stopped and said that's just the devil beatin' his wife
G+G
Some old tale the old folks told
C majorC
It's a five mile walk between here and a town
E minorEm
On a road lined with sugarcane
DmDm
They won't notice if it goes anywhere
G+G
Here lately it's like they've forgotten his name
A minorAm E minorEm G+G
He just can't forget the way
🎸 Chorus:
FF C majorC
That the days seemed so much brighter
A minorAm E minorEm
And the breeze could blow the troubles away
FF C majorC G+G
You could see angels dancin' in the flame
FF C majorC
This old place seemed so much bigger
A minorAm E minorEm
Now he sees it all a different way
FF C majorC G+G
Nothin's really changed but it ain't the same
🎸 Verse 2:
C majorC
He's been back from overseas about thirty days
E minorEm
He returned standin' proud and true
DmDm
Yeah the new's worn offa his welcome home
G+G
Like the heat burnin' off the dew
C majorC
Empty bottles that mean the bills ain't gettin' paid
E minorEm
Same holes knocked in the walls
DmDm
Mama don't fight back like in her younger years
G+G
Goin' over the edge well it's a hell of a fall
A minorAm E minorEm G+G
Can he just go back a page?
🎸 Chorus:
FF C majorC
That the days seemed so much brighter
A minorAm E minorEm
And the breeze could blow the troubles away
FF C majorC G+G
You could see angels dancin' in the flame
FF C majorC
This old place seemed so much bigger
A minorAm E minorEm
Now he sees it all a different way
FF C majorC G+G
Nothin's really changed but it ain't the same
C majorC G+G FF G+G (x3)
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm G+G
🎸 Verse 3:
C majorC
He don't know what he's headin' for
E minorEm
But the buses run right on time
DmDm
Anywhere's better than stayin' here
G+G
With the ghosts runnin' through his mind
A minorAm E minorEm
Things that he's seen and done
A minorAm E minorEm
So much for any mother's son
A minorAm E minorEm
To live down or try to run away from
G+G
Can he run?
🎸 Chorus:
FF C majorC
That the days seemed so much brighter
A minorAm E minorEm
And the breeze could blow the troubles away
FF C majorC G+G
You could see angels dancin' in the flame
FF C majorC
This old place seemed so much bigger
A minorAm E minorEm
Now he sees it all a different way
FF C majorC G+G
Nothin's really changed but it ain't the same
🎸 Outro:
C majorC G+G FF G+G
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm G+G