Valley Of Death chords by Blitzen Trapper

Intro: Am D

   Am				D
I know what it means to get knocked down drunk,
   Am				     D
I was lying in a bush by the coal,
   	   Am
where the river runs deep
	G
& the demons don't sleep
        D
& the water's obscured by the smoke.
	Am		   D
Well I drug myself to the river's edge
 	Am		    D
& I drank like a dog on the sand.
    Am
It burned my tongue,
	  G
my whole head gets spun
     D
& I stood on the stone
     D
& I spoke to the wind and the rain.

Am		D
Am		D

	Am			  D
Said I know what it means to get left for dead,
	  Am		 	     D
when the saints rise up at the sound.
	  Am
When the spirits don't move in
	G
their chains and the shoes
	 D
and the crack of the guns all around.
   Am			D
I know how it is to get all dressed up,
	Am			    D
where nobody would know where to go.
	Am
With a fifth in your vest,
	  G
and some pills on your tongue
      D
and a gun looking out across
the Valley of the Shadow below, oh.

Am		D
Am		D

	Am
Well I preached to the bums
	D
and I preached to the birds
	Am			  D
til the crowd had started to form.
      Am
My disciples that came,
	     G
through the wind and the rain
	D
and the rags in their jackets all torn.
	Am		   D
Well I prophesized of the things to come
	Am			 D
and I jumped like a bug on a wall,
        Am
til my head it was through
          G
with the river's strange brew
       D
and I sunk to my knees, in the breeze,
			Am
and I started to pray,
	    D
I said hey!
	    Am			     D
You know I ain't got a dang thing to say,
	Am			G
with a head full of booze and nothing to loose
	D
for a creature was made out of clay, hey!

Am		D
Am		D

	Am			  D
Said I know what it means to get left for dead,
	  Am		 	     D
when the saints rise up at the sound.
	  Am
When the spirits don't move in
	G
their chains and the shoes
	 D
and the crack of the guns all around.
   Am			D
I know how it is to get all dressed up,
	Am			    D
where nobody would know where to go.
	Am
With a fifth in your vest,
	  G
and some pills on your tongue
      D
and a gun looking out across
the Valley of the Shadow below, oh.