St Francis chords by Delta Spirit

This version was transcribed from In-studio on TheAlternateSide.org
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Tuning is down 1/2 step from standard tuning

Intro: Am G C F C E7 Am  Dm G C F Bb E7 Am

(Verse I)
    Am      G       C     F
They're all throwing stones at the back of my home
C      E7     Am
kicking the dirt in the air
   Dm    G          C      F
Well I left to think while they're thinking I'm stoned
Bb       E7     Am
Well I had no cause to be there

  Am     G      C       F
And out of this town while I had something left
C    E7     Am
bury the fear in my head
     Dm      G       C       F
Well it's all just the same cause the city's just as bare
   Bb    E7    Am
It's full of people like me


(Chorus)
    G  G7  C
We've all run away
G    G7     C
Everyone wants but nobody needs
G G7    C
Silver and gold
   F    E7     F    G
Well everyone wants, but nobody needs


[Interlude (Shorter)]
Am G C F C E7 Am


(Verse II)
    Am     G      C       F
Well I ran to the woods and I preached to the birds
C      E7     Am
St. Francis talking to me
     Dm      G     C    F
Well they said I'd find love in a pain I'd endure
Bb       E7    Am
If I would just listen to him

    Am     G       C       F
With my ear to the ground and my heart full of lead
    C    E7       Am
Well I quietly listened to him teach
     Dm      G       C           F
But with tears in his eyes, he just looked straight through me
Bb      E7    Am
I awkwardly waited for speech


(Chorus)
   G  G7  C
We've all run away
G    G7    C
Everyone wants but nobody needs
G E7   Am
Silver and gold
F    E7     F   G
Everyone wants, but nobody needs


[Interlude w/ changed piano part]
Am G C F C E7 Am   Dm G C F Bb E7 Am


Am     G       C      F
Once I was sure that this love was the truth
   C     E7     Am
Well I quickly spit in his face
   Dm     G         C      F
I returned to my home, friends and I, we threw stones
Bb      E7     Am
Bragging that we knew the way


[hummed chorus 1x until the end]