Cover Me Up chords by Jason Isbell

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Difficulty: Novice


INTRO: GUITAR INTERLUDE LIKE 1 LINE OF VERSE


VERSE 1:

        D MajorD            G+G           D MajorD
A augmentedA heart on the run, keeps a hand on the gun, it can’t trust anyone
        D MajorD         G+G              D MajorD
I was so sure, what I needed was more, tried to shoot out the sun
        B minorBm           G+G           D MajorD
In days when we raged, we flew off the page, such damage was done
       D MajorD            G+G             D MajorD
But I made it through, ‘cause somebody knew, I was meant for someone

CHORUS 1:

  D MajorD              G+G             D MajorD
So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room
D MajorD           G+G           D MajorD
Someone needs medical help or the magnolia’s bloom
   E minorEm            G+G            B minorBm
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood
      D MajorD          G+G          D MajorD
So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


Interlude:

D MajorD G+G  D MajorD


VERSE 2:

           D MajorD             G+G           D MajorD
Put your faith to the test, when I tore off your dress, in Richmond all high
     D MajorD            G+G          D MajorD
I sobered up, and I swore off that stuff, forever this time
          B minorBm            G+G           D MajorD
In the old lovers’ scene, I thought it’d be me, who helped him get home
        D MajorD          G+G          D MajorD
But home was a dream, one I’d never seen, ‘til you came along


CHORUS 2:

  D MajorD             G+G             D MajorD
So girl hang your dress up to dry, we ain’t leavin’ this room
  D MajorD             G+G            D MajorD
The Percy Priest break’s open wide and the river runs through*
E minorEm            G+G              B minorBm
Carries this house on the stones like a piece of driftwood
     D MajorD          G+G          D MajorD
Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good

Interlude:

D MajorD G+G  D MajorD
D G+G  D MajorD


CHORUS 1:

  D MajorD              G+G             D MajorD
So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room
D MajorD           G+G           D MajorD
Someone needs medical help or the magnolia’s bloom
   E minorEm            G+G            B minorBm
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood
      D MajorD          G+G          D MajorD
So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


TAG:

     D MajorD          G+G          D MajorD
Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


Interlude:

D MajorD G+G  D MajorD
D


*Videos show Isbell capoed at 2.This chording makes some lead lines easier.
**Percy Priest is a lake and dam near Nashville.

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