Tuning: Open D (D A D F# A D)
Key: D
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
D D G D
D D G
Verse 1:
D
Lately I've been going to
D
A place I don't like going through
C9
Where I'm no good and I'm all wrong
C9
I sing about it in this song
D
Amarillo Shamrock,
D
The road is getting tighter
C9
A story for today
C9
A story for tomorrow
D
After building fires
D
And after burning bridges
C9
The broom is on the doorstep
C9 D
So simple you'll never forget it
Chorus:
D
Thank God for this pen
G
Brighton, U.S.A
D
Is leaning in
D
This film was shot on memory slides
G
In the Western Hemisphere
D
Alabama's getting near
Verse 2:
D
Alabama sunrise
D
Oklahoma prairie
C9
And every town's claim to fame
C9
None of this before I came
D
Come back to tribal town
D
Stressing the get down
C9
The many birds I have seen
C9
This song means nothing to me
D
Down in your soul mine
D
Wearing the bible belt
C9
This is all I really know
C9 D
It's the best I've ever felt
Chorus:
D
Thank God for this pen
G
Brighton, U.S.A
D
Is leaning in
D
This film was shot on memory slides
G
In the Western Hemisphere
D
Alabama's getting near
Bridge:
D D C9 C9 x2
Verse 2:
D
Alabama sunrise
D
Oklahoma prairie
C9
And every town's claim to fame
C9
None of this before I came
D
I'm back to tribal town
D
Stressing the get down and
C9
The many birds I have seen
C9
This song means nothing to me
D
Down in your soul mine
D
Wearing the bible belt
C9
This is all I really know
C9 D
It's the best I've ever felt
Chorus:
D
Thank God for this pen
G
Brighton, U.S.A
D
Is leaning in
D
This film was shot on memory slides
G
In the Western Hemisphere
D
Alabama's getting near
G D
Alabama's getting near x3
