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Codeine Chords by Jason Isbell

Codeine chords by Jason Isbell

Guitar chords with lyrics

Intro:
| G | D | Em7 | Cadd9 | G | D | Em7 | Cadd9 |

Verse:
|G               |D                |Em7  |Cadd9  |
 . . . If there's one thing I can't stand . . . .
|G              |D                 |Em7  |Cadd9  |
 . . . It's this bar and this cover band  . . . .
|G            |D                      |Em7            |Cadd9 |
 . . Tryin' to fake their way through "Castles Made of Sand"
|G           |D                |Em7   |Cadd9  |
 . . . That's one thing I can't stand  . . . .

Verse:
|G               |D                |Em7  |Cadd9  |
 . . . If there's one thing I can't take  . . . .
|G             |D                       |Em7     |Cadd9  |
 . . . It's the sound that a woman makes . . . .  . . . .
|G             |D                |Em7            |Cadd9 |
 . . About five seconds after her heart begins to break
|G                 |D                |Em7  |Cadd9  |
 . . . Well, that's one thing I can't take  . . . .
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Bridge:
|Bm               |Bm                 |C     C/B |Am G |
 . . She should be home by now but she ain't .    .  .
|Bm             |Bm               |C     |
 . . I should've gone by now but I cain't

Chorus:
|C                   |G                    |D               |Em7    |
 . . 'Cause one of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine
|Cadd9        |G                    |D               |Em7     |Cadd9  |
 . . One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine  . . . .

Verse:
|G             |D             |Em7   |Cadd9  |
 . . . And them eyes as big as stars  . . . .
|G           |D                 |Em7 |Cadd9  |
 . . . When I saw you behind the bar  . . . .
|G                     |D             |Em7              |Cadd9 |
 . . I guess that's the way to keep on smilin' where you are
|G                |D              |Em7   |Cadd9  |
 . . But girl them eyes was big as stars  . . . .

Verse:
|G              |D                    |Em7  |Cadd9  |
 . . . It sounds funny when you say my name  . . . .
|G                   |D                         |Em7     |Cadd9  |
 . . It's like you're chewin' on a foreign thing . . . .  . . . .
|G                |D                |Em7             |Cadd9 |
 . . And you won't get to sleep 'til dawn if it don't rain
|G               |D                    |Em7  |Cadd9  |
 . . It sounds so funny when you say my name  . . . .

Bridge:
|Bm                 |Bm                  |C     C/B |Am G |
 . . You oughta come home tonight but you won't .    .  .
|Bm                |Bm                 |C     |
 . . I wish we knew how to fight but we don't

Chorus:
|C              |G                    |D               |Em7     |
 . . One of your friends has taken you in and given you Codeine
|Cadd9          |G                    |D               |Em7     |Cadd9  |
 . . One of your friends has taken you in and given you Codeine  . . . .

Break:
| G | D | Em7 | Cadd9 | G | D | Em7 | Cadd9 |

Bridge:
|Bm         |Bm            |C     C/B |Am        |G               |
 . . Darlin' I'm not one to judge .    . but if I was then I'd say
|G                |D    |D      |
 You don't look so good  . . . .
|Bm        |Bm           |C   C/B |Am            |G                    |
 . . Got no answers of my own .    . but with you gone this place looks
|G             |D      |D       |
 Bigger than it should  . . . .

Verse:
|G               |D                |Em7  |Cadd9  |
 . . . If there's two things that I hate  . . . .
|G                 |D                 |Em7  |Cadd9  |
 . . It's havin' to cook and tryin' to date  . . . .
|G              |D                  |Em7         |Cadd9  |
 . . An' bustin' ass all day to play hurry up and wait
|G             |D                |Em7  |Cadd9  |
 . . . That's a few things that I hate  . . . .

Bridge:
|Bm      |Bm               |C     C/B |Am G |
 . . If I call when I ain't drunk .    .  .
|Bm          |Bm              |C     |
 . . This old boat'll still be sunk

Chorus:
|C                   |G                    |D               |Em7    |
 . . 'Cause one of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine
|Cadd9        |G                    |D               |Em7     |Cadd9  |
 . . One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine  . . . .
||: Cadd9        |G                    |D               |Em7     |Cadd9  :||
    . . One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine  . . . .
||: Cadd9        |G                    |D               |Em7     |Cadd9  :||
    . . One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine  . . . .

Outro:
| G | D | Em7 | Cadd9 | G | D | Em7 |
 (fades out)


Note: On the 8 notes between the bridge and the chorus, the bass line
is a progression up then down again (C, D, E, D, C, B, A, G). I'm not sure
the best way to notate that. Maybe like this:

|Bm             |Bm               |C      C/D C/E C/D |
 . . I should've gone by now but I cain't .   .   .
|C C/B      C/A    C/G |G                    |D               |Em7    |Cadd9  |
 . . 'Cause one of my   friends has taken her in and given her Codeine . . . .

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