Chords with lyrics
Key: AbAb
Tuning: Standard
🎸 Intro:
G+G C majorC G+G
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
G+G C majorC G+G
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
🎸 Verse :
G+G
I'm the firstborn of a
C majorC G+G
steel workers daughter
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
The son of a marathon man
G+G C majorC G+G
My mother had gypsy soul trapped in her ??
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
My father a ?? ?
G+G
Two different raisings
C majorC G+G
two sides of a river
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Bound for restlessness all along
G+G
I packed up my guitar for
C majorC G+G
Lexington dive bars
E minorEm D MajorD
Slipped out before they knew it
C majorC G+G
I was already gone
🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Settle down child, don't you know
G+G
what you've asked for
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
A augmentedA life of uncertainty
G+G
a life of crime
G+G
A augmentedA man with no patience must
C majorC G+G
walk out of cadence
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Danged to be unsatisfied
🎸 Interlude:
G+G C majorC G+G
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
G+G C majorC G+G
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
🎸 Verse :
G+G
I've been working my butt off
C majorC G+G
every day is a coin toss
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
I'll be striking gold or bedrock
G+G
I don't give that much sleep cause
C majorC G+G
gambling takes up keep
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Each day I throw more into the pot
G+G
I could blame the stars for if
C majorC G+G
I were a rocket man
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
I'd fly right into the sun
G+G
This pounding heart runs on
C majorC G+G
gin in my blood
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Taking no account of the damage
I've done
🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Settle down child, don't you know
G+G
what you've asked for
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC G+G
A augmentedA life of uncertainty, a life of crime
G+G
A augmentedA man with no patience must
C majorC G+G
walk out of cadence
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Danged to be unsatisfied
🎸 Interlude:
G+G C majorC G+G
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
G+G C majorC G+G
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
🎸 Verse :
G+G
When all this dust settles and
C majorC G+G
pots turn to kettles
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
I aim to have landed on top
G+G
But I'll take the middle if
C majorC G+G
they're screeching fiddles
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
And bourbon down there is still hot
🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Settle down child, don't you know
G+G
what you've asked for
E minorEm D MajorD
This life you've been living could
C majorC G+G
end on a dime
G+G
A augmentedA man with no patience must
C majorC G+G
walk out of cadence
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Danged to be unsatisfied
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Danged to be unsatisfied
🎸 Outro:
G+G C majorC G+G
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Chords used in song:
C majorC
G+G
E minorEm
D MajorD