Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Open D MajorD (D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD F#F# A augmentedA D MajorD)
Key: D MajorD
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
D MajorD D MajorD G+G D MajorD
D D MajorD G+G
Verse 1:
D MajorD
Lately I've been going to
D MajorD
A augmentedA place I don't like going through
C9C9
Where I'm no good and I'm all wrong
C9C9
I sing about it in this song
D MajorD
Amarillo Shamrock,
D MajorD
The road is getting tighter
C9C9
A augmentedA story for today
C9C9
A augmentedA story for tomorrow
D MajorD
After building fires
D MajorD
And after burning bridges
C9C9
The broom is on the doorstep
C9C9 D MajorD
So simple you'll never forget it
Chorus:
D MajorD
Thank God for this pen
G+G
Brighton, U.S.A
D MajorD
Is leaning in
D MajorD
This film was shot on memory slides
G+G
In the Western Hemisphere
D MajorD
Alabama's getting near
Verse 2:
D MajorD
Alabama sunrise
D MajorD
Oklahoma prairie
C9C9
And every town's claim to fame
C9C9
None of this before I came
D MajorD
Come back to tribal town
D MajorD
Stressing the get down
C9C9
The many birds I have seen
C9C9
This song means nothing to me
D MajorD
Down in your soul mine
D MajorD
Wearing the bible belt
C9C9
This is all I really know
C9C9 D MajorD
It's the best I've ever felt
Chorus:
D MajorD
Thank God for this pen
G+G
Brighton, U.S.A
D MajorD
Is leaning in
D MajorD
This film was shot on memory slides
G+G
In the Western Hemisphere
D MajorD
Alabama's getting near
Bridge:
D MajorD D MajorD C9C9 C9C9 x2
Verse 2:
D MajorD
Alabama sunrise
D MajorD
Oklahoma prairie
C9C9
And every town's claim to fame
C9C9
None of this before I came
D MajorD
I'm back to tribal town
D MajorD
Stressing the get down and
C9C9
The many birds I have seen
C9C9
This song means nothing to me
D MajorD
Down in your soul mine
D MajorD
Wearing the bible belt
C9C9
This is all I really know
C9C9 D MajorD
It's the best I've ever felt
Chorus:
D MajorD
Thank God for this pen
G+G
Brighton, U.S.A
D MajorD
Is leaning in
D MajorD
This film was shot on memory slides
G+G
In the Western Hemisphere
D MajorD
Alabama's getting near
G+G D MajorD
Alabama's getting near x3