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Difficulty: Novice INTRO: GUITAR INTERLUDE LIKE 1 LINE OF VERSE VERSE 1: D G D A heart on the run, keeps a hand on the gun, it can’t trust anyone D G D I was so sure, what I needed was more, tried to shoot out the sun Bm G D In days when we raged, we flew off the page, such damage was done D G D But I made it through, ‘cause somebody knew, I was meant for someone CHORUS 1: D G D So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room D G D Someone needs medical help or the magnolia’s bloom Em G Bm It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood D G D So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good
Interlude: D G D VERSE 2: D G D Put your faith to the test, when I tore off your dress, in Richmond all high D G D I sobered up, and I swore off that stuff, forever this time Bm G D In the old lovers’ scene, I thought it’d be me, who helped him get home D G D But home was a dream, one I’d never seen, ‘til you came along CHORUS 2: D G D So girl hang your dress up to dry, we ain’t leavin’ this room D G D The Percy Priest break’s open wide and the river runs through* Em G Bm Carries this house on the stones like a piece of driftwood D G D Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good Interlude: D G D D G D CHORUS 1: D G D So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room D G D Someone needs medical help or the magnolia’s bloom Em G Bm It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood D G D So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good TAG: D G D Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good Interlude: D G D 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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