Bridge City Rose chords by Kyle Craft

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: EADGBE

Capo 2

Intro:
G  C  Em  C
G  C Bm Am G

Verse 1:
G                    C                Em                 C
You didn't know, you couldn't stand to watch it all slip through your hands
    G                   C                      Bm    Am     G
The wayward angel, your promised land, they've burnt to the ground
G              C              Em                 C
Stone-drunk on halloween, the shift is like some trick to me
       G                    C           Bm   Am     G
When a call comes from your balcony but no one's around
   Bm                     C             Bm               C           G
So pick your fight, break down the door, endless nights waging war against yourself
       C               Bm        Am  G
on the bathroom floor, spilling it out.

Interlude:
G  C  Em  C
G  C Bm Am G

Verse 2:
G                       C                  Em
Now I'm on the bed, her hair's undone, my face is wet,
    C                G                C                  Bm    Am   G
Her face is worn from empty years and bitter scorn and a Victorian love.
G             C                   Em            C
I don't wanna cause you grief and I don't wanna take the lead.
G                      C            C   Bm   Am  G
Hey little girl, all I wanna see is you getting off.
Bm                   C             Bm           C
Clenching thirst and heavy breath, naked as the night we met,
G               C                    C   Bm  Am   G   G7
You left it up to me I guess but I'm slow on the draw.

Chorus:
             C                             G
So while the poor boys sit lonesome at the last call
        C                            D
and the shy ones stare down at their toes,
          G            C             G            C
I'll make way for that woman and the mean kingdom coming,
      D             C              Em    C
I get tired walking these streets alone.
      D           C           Em   C           D           C           G
And I call her my Bridge City Rose, yeah, I'll call her my Bridge City Rose.

Interlude:
G  C  Em  C
G  C Bm Am G

Verse 3:
    G             C               Em                C
The garden on her windowsill, her crystal moons and family stills,
G                  C                   G
Jawbone treasures, beatnik thrills and blood-red mulled wine.
G                    C              Em                 C
The sweetgum hanging overhead, with books I bought but never read.
G                         C                Bm     Am   G
Can I lay low here, can I stop instead and stay for a while?
         Bm                C          Bm               C
'Cause I cant remember the last time I wasn't drawn in neon lights.
    G                C                     C   Bm    Am   G   G7
Say come drink up the water's fine and the whiskey's half off.

Chorus:
               C                          G
But before you find yourself torn between lovers
          C                         D
or you're stuck wearing yesterday's clothes.
          G            C            G            C
Best make way for that lady and her sweet spirit breaking
     D             C       Em   C
Fine glass against any old stone.
       D             C           Em   C        D             C           G
Yeah I called her my Bridge City Rose, yeah, I called her my Bridge City Rose.

Outro:
G  C  Em  C