Grand Junction chords by The Hold Steady

Intro:

F | F | F | F |    (x6)


Verse 1:
      F
That punk with a mustache who brought us our breakfast
 F                             F
Never came back with the check
         F
On our third day of driving with no expectations
   F                            F
Except some vague sense of The West

Chorus:
     F           F#m               F                  F
Our silence was stretched between nerves and the knowledge
     F                        F#m
The ring that she wore wasn't mine
          F        F#m             F              F
Because people get tired and they turn on each other
         F                    F#m
And the rivers run from the divides
      F             F#m         F
That night we drove into Grand Junction
     F           G                     F#m
The lights were weeping and deep and divine
             F              F#m            F            F
She said I trust that we'll get somewhere safe by the storm
         F
But I'm scared of the size of this sky


Instrumental:
F | F | F | F |
F | F | F | F |
F | F | F | F |
F | F | F | F |


Verse 2:
 F
Janie, I fear that our love from last year
       F                         F
Was a tenor that's hard to maintain
      F
Lost half what we had through a hole in the bag
         F                          F
And the cellophane won't take the blame


Chorus:
         F            F#m           F               F
If we stretch out our funds we can get through the month
        F                           F#m
But at some point there must come a time
         F             F#m               F          F
That we sell something shipped from the wishes you list
          F                       F#m
For the guys that you talk with online
          F        F#m               F         F
She said mister if you're thinking that far ahead
         G                                                 F  B  F  Cm
Can you see where we live when we get to the end of this?
   G                                                    F    B  F  Cm
Besides you don't like when I lean on those kinds of friends


Bridge:
    G           F
It hurts being human
        F#m             B        F
But our instincts will keep us alive
                       (F)
We Do what we Do to survive


Instrumental:
F | F | F | F |
F | F | F | F |
F | F | F | F |
F | F | F | F |


Chorus:
        F             F#m        F         F
On the next day of driving with no real direction
   F                      F#m
Except for the sunset out west
            F            F#m              F            F
She said I like having friends who check out and check in
     F                       F#m
So what if they send me some gifts?
          F          F#m              F             F
In Grand Junction it seemed all the mountains were mocking
    G                        F#m
Our own little pitiful lives
        F          F#m           F            F
On the side of the road with her arms in the air
  F
Amazed by the size of the sky