Danko Manuel chords by Drive-by Truckers

Danko/Manuel by The Drive By Truckers, from the album The Dirty South

Chords by Ernie Johnson (ernest.johnson@mrprint.com)



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(D)Let the night air cool you(F#m) off.
(D)Tilt your head back and try to (F#m)cough.
(E)Don't say nothing 'bout the (D)things you never saw.
Let the night air cool you (F#m)off.

(D)I ain't living like I(F#m) should.
(D)A little rest might do me (F#m)good.
(E)Got to sinking in the (D)place where I once stood.
Now I ain't living like I (F#m)should.

(E)Can you hear that singing? (D)Sounds (A)like (F#m)gold.
Maybe(E) I can only hear it in my (F#m)head.
(E)Fifteen years ago we(D) owned (A)that (F#m)road
(Bm)now it's rolling over us instead(D).

(D)Richard Manuel is (F#m)dead.

(D)God forbid you call their (F#m)bluff.
(D)Like the nightmares ain't (F#m)enough.
(E)Remember when we used to (D)think that we were tough?
God forbid you call their (F#m)bluff.

(D)First they make you out to (F#m)be
(D)the only pirate on the (F#m)sea.
(E)Then they say Danko would have(D) sounded just like me.
"Is that the man you want to(F#m) be?"

(E)Can you hear that song? It (D)sounds(A) like(F#m) gold.
Maybe(E) I could make it bigger over(F#m) seas.
(E)Fifteen years ago we(D) owned(A) this(F#m) road
now it(Bm) only gives us somewhere else to (D)leave.

(D)Something else you can't(F#m) believe.

(E)Can you hear that singing? (D)Sounds(A) like(F#m) gold.
Maybe(E) I can hear poor Richard from the (F#m)grave
(E)singin' where to reap and(D) when (A)to(F#m) sow
when you've(Bm) found another home you have to (D)leave.

(D)Something else you can't (F#m)believe.



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