Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Difficulty: Intermediate
Reverend - Greensky Bluegrass - Capo 2
Intro:
FF C majorC A minorAm
FF C majorC G+G
Verse 1:
A minorAm G+G
Couple beers with the reverend
C majorC B/C FF
A minorAm I safe from the night?
A minorAm G+G
More money to the system
C majorC B/C FF
A minorAm I free from the fight?
FF C majorC G+G FF
I left myself behind in my home town,
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
Went looking for a new place, you won't find me around.
Verse 2:
A minorAm G+G
I made peace with my country
C majorC B/C FF
Though I never could believe
A minorAm G+G
Somebody else's struggle
C majorC B/C FF
Is the reason that I flee
FF C majorC G+G FF
There's none that miss me, they never thought I'd go.
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
So many things about me, nobody seems to know.
Chorus:
FF
Can you carry more,
G+G
If you leave me back?
FF
What's left to take?
G+G
Who's lives come last?
Solo:
FF C majorC A minorAm
FF C majorC G+G
A minorAm G+G
C majorC B/C FF
A minorAm G+G
C majorC B/C FF
Verse 3:
A minorAm G+G
I can find fewer reasons
C majorC B/C FF
Against the need to run
A minorAm G+G
Than my hands to bear a burden,
C majorC B/C FF
A augmentedA weight I can't overcome.
FF C majorC G+G FF
There are reasons I worry, there are answers I fear.
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
Is there love enough to save us? Will it find us out here?
Chorus:
FF
Can you carry more,
G+G
If you leave me back?
FF
What's left to take?
G+G
Who's lives come last?
Solo:
FF C majorC A minorAm
FF C majorC G+G
A minorAm G+G
C majorC B/C FF
A minorAm G+G
C majorC B/C FF
Verse 4:
A minorAm G+G
I counted my fortunes,
C majorC B/C FF
With time left to spare.
A minorAm G+G
My doubts all outnumbered,
C majorC B/C FF
Regardless of what's fair.
FF C majorC G+G FF
Need to find a way to carry myself through the day.
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
Let grief lie behind me and learn to look away.
Solo:
FF G+G (x4, like Chorus)
Chorus:
FF
Can you carry more,
G+G
If you leave me back?
FF
What's left to take?
G+G
Who's lives come last?
Outro:
FF C majorC A minorAm
FF C majorC G+G
FF C majorC A minorAm
FF C majorC G+G
FF G+G A minorAm