Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2 G+G C majorC (2x)
Verse 1:
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
I was on a train out in New Mexico
G+G C majorC
Looking for a flame for my heart of coal
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
Sold my Nikon lens to get outta town
G+G C majorC
Don't know how deep you're in till you're trying get out
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
She was floating like a vision out to the eye
G+G C majorC
Mississippi queen with a Tennessee smile
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
The smell of cheap coffee and Jamaican rum
G+G C majorC
We watched the desert fade in the set of the sun
Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm
I said I'm not feeling right
Dsus2Dsus2
She said, "Well you'll be just fine
G+G C majorC
Go ahead and rest till the rise
Chorus:
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
'Cause you can't look back (can't look back)
G+G C majorC
You can't look back (can't look back)
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
There ain't no future in the past
G+G C majorC
And you can't look back (can't look back)
Verse 2:
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
With characters galore and too shy to see the sun
G+G C majorC
Pineapple pastor with the señoritas
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
All the disenfranchised kids in a room
G+G C majorC
We were baptized in the Pacific moon
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
Someone put a cactus up to my tongue
G+G C majorC
You can feel the love and try calling it love
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
A augmentedA boy with a smile handed me his keys
G+G C majorC
Said, "Go ahead and try but you'll never leave"
Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm
Someone was singing a hymn
Dsus2Dsus2
And the moon, it started to spin
G+G C majorC
So I jump right in
Chorus:
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
Singing can't look back (can't look back)
G+G C majorC
You can't look back (can't look back)
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
There ain't no future in the past
G+G C majorC
And you can't look back (can't look back)
Verse 3:
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
The years gone by like you never planned
G+G C majorC
I had missed the flight out of Birmingham
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
The way her yellow apron walked in the room
G+G C majorC
There was no mistake in the way that she moved
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
This is my boy and this is my girl
G+G C majorC
Yeah, I'll be in thoughts till the end of the world
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
Somewhere tonight on the westbound train
G+G C majorC
Know there's wild hearts just running away
Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm
That sounded just like a dream
Dsus2Dsus2
Was she singing to me
G+G C majorC
It was so bittersweet
Chorus:
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
Because I can't look back (can't look back)
G+G C majorC
You can't look back (can't look back)
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
There ain't no future in the past
G+G C majorC
And you can't go back (can't look back)
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
You can't look back (can't look back)
G+G C majorC
You can't look back (can't look back)
A minorAm Dsus2Dsus2
There ain't no future in the past
G+G C majorC
And you can't go back (can't look back)