Intro: Amaj7 Emaj7 x2 Verse 1: Amaj7 Emaj7 God gave you red light on every green road sign when you left Santa Fe Amaj7 Emaj7 We were two string beans and you were too nineteen to be blowin' away Hook: Amaj7 Emaj7 There were thieves in the square hidin' hands and hidin' prayers and all their mumblin' Amaj7 Emaj7 Nothing left you alone tangled heels and tiny vireos singin' something
Verse 2: Amaj7 Emaj7 Stuck with her pin curls your mama was scared of the world it was born with a bang Amaj7 Emaj7 I was steppin' on sea shells by the old Mission San Miguel when a bell tower rang Hook: Amaj7 Emaj7 And the sky fell apart heard the rain, I heard your heart and what was spoken Amaj7 Emaj7 'Cause nothin' bends for a name nothin' wants to stay the same and nothin's broken Bridge: Dmaj7 Amaj7 When your friends and their friends Emaj7 Pass the pipe or tie the knot Dmaj7 Amaj7 Honeymoon music played B7 In the drive-thru parking lot Dmaj7 Amaj7 I woke up by your bed Emaj7 You were wanderin' around the yard Dmaj7 Amaj7 Window wide as a day B7 E But the sun just hit too hard Hook: Amaj7 Emaj7 In a home void of doors mama's house slowed a little more in the evenin' Amaj7 Emaj7 Naked boys throwin' stones beady eyes and desert bones they saw you leavin' Instrumental: Amaj7 Emaj7 x2 Verse 4: Amaj7 Emaj7 God gave you bobwhites And the good kind of black night When you left Santa Fe Amaj7 Emaj7