Overseas chords by Jason Isbell

Intro:

Em D

Verse 1:


Em                          G        D
Used to be a ghost town but even the ghosts got out.

                     C
And the sound of the highway died.

                     D                    Em
There's ashes in the swimming pool.

Verse 2:


Em                                    G                    D
I saw you on your wedding night and I watched you sleeping in my arms.

                     C
You didn't wash your makeup off.

                D
Woke up looking scared as hell.


Chorus:


    Em                                     G D
My love won't change. My love won't change. My love won't change a thing.

                    C
You're never coming back to me.

                    D
You're never coming back at all.

    C                                   B7
The waiter made a young girl cry at the table next to mine last night.

      Em                  D                  Am
And I know you would have brought him to his knees.

           C
But you're overseas.

Break:

Em D

Verse 3:


Em                             G                     D
It doesn't seem so long ago we thought that we could change their minds.

              C
Stay here and fight it out.

                     D
A love that we could weaponize.

Em                                   G                 D
But I saw you losing faith and I was watching when the light went out.

          C
Know what revolution means.

                     D
And know it's not an option now.


Chorus:


   Em                                      G D
My love won't change. My love won't change. Our love won't change a thing.

                    C                             D
I couldn't leave my father here, to finish up his life alone.

  C                                   B7
I saw you in our daughter's eyes last night when she caught me in a lie.

      Em                    D          Am
And I need you here to make both of us believe.

           C
But you're overseas.


Break:

Em D


C                                   B7
Does your heart rest easy where you are?

                             Em
And do they treat you like a star?

            D           Am
And do they call you refugee?

     C
From overseas.

Outro:

Em D