This Forgotten Town chords by The Jayhawks

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:

G+G C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse 1:

G+G          A augmentedA
Rode out of this forgotten town
C majorC        D MajorD
Had to watch my old horse drown
G+G       A augmentedA
Buried by the river
     C majorC       D MajorD
Chocolate colored by the mud

Chorus:

B minorBm       E minorEm
When we young we were judged
    C majorC        G+G
By the choices that we made
B minorBm         E minorEm
And all the time we wasted and
  C majorC     A augmentedA       D MajorD
The love, the love that I betrayed
Well

Verse 2:

G+G           A augmentedA
They built the dam and everything changed
C majorC       D MajorD
Little houses huddled on the range
G+G     A augmentedA
Fear came rolling in
  C majorC       D MajorD
And covered up the sun

Chorus:

B minorBm       E minorEm
In the land of milk and honey
    C majorC        G+G
That's where I laid my claim
B minorBm         E minorEm
But every day that I lost money
  C majorC     A augmentedA       D MajorD
It brought me closer to the grave

Bridge:

D MajorD     C majorC
Where the river don't flow
D MajorD     C majorC
Where the grass don't grow

Verse 3:

G+G       A augmentedA
Preacher had a cross to bear
C majorC       D MajorD
He smelled salvation in the air
G+G        A augmentedA
Tempted by the silver and gold
    C majorC        D MajorD
Put him six feet in the ground

Chorus:

B minorBm        E minorEm
I came across her by the road
C majorC           G+G
Dressed in her Sunday best
B minorBm          E minorEm
She took my hand and led me home
    C majorC     A augmentedA        D MajorD
To the place, the place I can't forget

Bridge:

D MajorD     C majorC
Where the river don't flow
D MajorD     C majorC
Where the grass don't grow

Verse 4:

G+G      A augmentedA
Living in a makeshift tent
C majorC       D MajorD
Couldn't find money for the rent
G+G           A augmentedA
Do you believe in the kingdom to come
    C majorC       D MajorD
And the promise of the word

Chorus:

B minorBm       E minorEm
In the land of milk and honey
    C majorC        G+G
That's where I laid my claim
B minorBm         E minorEm
But every day that I lost money
  C majorC     A augmentedA       D MajorD
It brought me closer to the grave

Bridge:

D MajorD     C majorC
Where the river don't flow
D MajorD     C majorC
Where the grass don't grow
D MajorD     C majorC
Where the river don't flow
D MajorD     C majorC
Where the grass don't grow