Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
Verse:
FF A minorAm
I've been called every bad name, some I can't name
Bb majorBb G+G C majorC
By judges and lawyers and folks I've never met
FF Bb majorBb FF
But my mother she called me Walker Jermaine
Bb majorBb C majorC FF DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
She said, "Go out, boy, and make your own way"
Verse:
FF A minorAm
So I tried making boxes out in Nashua
Bb majorBb G+G C majorC
Yeah, I tried laying traps up in Bar Harbour bay
FF Bb majorBb FF
But none of it helped me and I got away
Bb majorBb C majorC FF DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm C majorC
Yeah, I got away good, just as gone as I could
Chorus:
Bb majorBb C majorC FF
Oh, every shuteye ain't sleep, I know it's so
Bb majorBb C majorC
Restless I ride in the linen
Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
Every goodbye ain't gone, I hope it's true
Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
I count my days, leaving only a few
Verse:
FF A minorAm
Oh, I know it's not right to take what's not mine
Bb majorBb G+G C majorC
Yeah, I'm sure ain't right, I know stealing's a crime
FF Bb majorBb FF
But I know what it's like to see a life going down
Bb majorBb C majorC FF DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm C majorC
Like gravel in a grave, one grain at a time
Chorus:
Bb majorBb C majorC FF
Oh, every shuteye ain't sleep, I know it's so
Bb majorBb C majorC
Restless I ride in the linen
Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
Every goodbye ain't gone, I hope it's true
Bb majorBb C majorC
I count my days, leaving only a few
Instrumental:
FF A minorAm Bb majorBb G+G C majorC
FF Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb C majorC FF DmDm Bb majorBb DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
Verse:
FF A minorAm
Well, I've been here so long, I got stones for old friends
Bb majorBb G+G C majorC
And I tell 'am my secrets and that's where it ends
FF Bb majorBb FF
And the woman who named me, well, she's in the ground
Bb majorBb C majorC FF DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm C majorC
But her Walker Jermaine just cannot be found
Chorus:
Bb majorBb C majorC FF
Oh, every shuteye ain't sleep, I know it's so
Bb majorBb C majorC
Restless I ride in the linen
Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
Every goodbye ain't gone, I hope it's true
Bb majorBb C majorC
I count my days, leaving only a few
Outro:
Bb majorBb C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC
Every shuteye ain't sleep
Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
Every goodbye ain't gone...
Bb majorBb C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC
Every shuteye ain't sleep
Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
Every goodbye ain't gone...
Bb majorBb C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC
Every shuteye ain't sleep
Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
Every goodbye ain't gone...
Bb majorBb C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC
Every shuteye ain't sleep
Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
Every goodbye ain't gone...
Bb majorBb C majorC FF Bb majorBb C majorC
Every shuteye ain't sleep
Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC
Every goodbye ain't gone...