Heathens chords by Drive-by Truckers

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

HEATHENS

 Main Riff:
e|---------------------------------------0---|
BB|------10----10---8---8---7---7---5-----1---|
G+G|---------------------------------------0---|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------2---|
A augmentedA|---10----------8-------7-------5---0-2-3---|
E MajorE|---------10--------8-------7---------------|
  G+G                  C majorC

Use this riff for all G+G > C majorC instances.
The top notes can be lightly strummed on the top three
strings for a fuller sound.

G+G
Something about the wrinkle in your forehead
          C majorC
Tells me there's a fit about to get thrown

       G+G
If we get the van out of the ditch before morning
       C majorC
Ain't nobody got to know what I done
   G+G
And I never hear a single word you say
     C majorC
When you tell me not to have my fun

     G+G
It's the same old shit that
            C majorC
I ain't gonna take off anyone.

   D MajorD          C majorC
And I don't need to be forgiven
    D MajorD           C majorC
By them people in the neighborhood
    D MajorD
When we first hooked up, you looked me in the eye
     C majorC
And said "Paw, we just ain't no good".

    G+G
We were Heathens in their eyes at the time,
    C majorC
I guess I am just a Heathen still
   D MajorD
And I never have repented from the wrongs
           C majorC
That they say I have done, I done what I feel.

G+G   C majorC
G+G   C majorC

     G+G
It was a difficult delivery,
     C majorC
Now it's growing up mean and strong
     G+G
When you tell me that it's getting a little bit tight,
     C majorC
Ain't the first time I been outgrown
  G+G
And I'm gonna push a little harder
     C majorC
She ain't revved till the rods are thrown
   G+G        C majorC
I'll walk away

   D MajorD          C majorC
And I don't need to be forsaken
  D MajorD       C majorC
By you or anybody else
   D MajorD
And I never had a shortage of people tryin' to warn me
     C majorC
About the dangers I pose to myself.

Heathens.

G+G   C majorC
G+G   C majorC

   D MajorD          C majorC
These times can take their toll sometimes
   D MajorD              C majorC
And I know you feel the same way, too
  G+G
It gets so hard to keep between the ditches
     C majorC
When the roads wind the way they do.


Outro:
G+G   C majorC
G+G   C majorC
G+G   C majorC
G+G   C majorC
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD C majorC
G+G   C majorC
G+G