Elizabethtown chords by Matt Harlan

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

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

Verse:
C majorC
I got a bad phone call from Elizabethtown.
                A minorAm
Said my brother, he?s back in jail.
   FF
& the kids are staying with the grandfolks now,
         G+G
Cause there ain?t noone ?round here, family or not
               FF
Even thinking about going his bail.
C majorC
He's been living down the wrong road now.

Is what some people they?re saying.
           A minorAm
Going on a couple of years.
     FF
But I was there when he nearly blew that boy away.
     G+G
& I ain't ever thought once in all my life

I?d ever see so many tears.

Chorus:
     FF         C majorC
I said, ?Justin, please you break my heart.
       G+G           C majorC
You've got a soul of gold, but you ain't that smart
    FF           G+G
On the streets & boy you're needing to be.
    FF            C majorC
If you wanna keep tumbling around,
     FF            C majorC
Keep your own two feet from flying off the ground,
   FF                 G+G
Wanna keep acting like you?re some damn Indiana kingpin?
      FF
Just shadow boxing on the corner where you planted your seeds
                         C majorC
Waiting for the snow to fall & cover your dreams, alright.?

C majorC G+G DmDm FF

    C majorC
I don't think too much about Elizabethtown
                    A minorAm
But there?s some memories that I can?t shake.
     FF
It's like slideshows taped up behind my eyes ?
C majorC         G+G
I've got one for every time I tried to get away
             FF
One for every time that I stayed.
        C majorC
It'll take you fifteen hours to get from there to here
               A minorAm
It takes me nine every time I leave.
    FF
I ain't ever been one for the long goodbyes.
    G+G
I ain't ever had the stomach for the same old scene

Never had the patience to pray.

Chorus:
     FF         C majorC
I said, Justin, please you break my heart.
       G+G           C majorC
You?ve got a soul of gold, but you ain?t that smart
    FF           G+G
On the streets ? & boy you're needing to be.
    FF            C majorC
If you wanna keep tumbling around,
     FF            C majorC
Keep your own two feet from flying off the ground,
   FF                  G+G
Wanna keep acting like you?re some damn Indiana kingpin?
      FF
Just shadow boxing on the corner where you planted your seeds
                            C majorC
Waiting for the wind to blow & scatter your dreams, alright.?

C majorC G+G FF

C majorC
I got a bad phone call from Elizabethtown.
                A minorAm
Said my brother, he?s out on bail.
   FF
& the kids are staying with the grandfolks now,
         G+G
Cause there ain?t noone ?round here, family or not
               FF
Even picking up on one of his trails.
             C majorC
He's been living down the long road now

Is what some people they?re saying
          A minorAm
Heading down to the pier.
     FF
Then his body washed up just the other day.
  C majorC     G+G
& I ain?t ever thought once in all my life

I'd ever see so many tears.

Chorus:
     FF         C majorC
I said, Justin, please you break my heart.
       G+G           C majorC
You?ve got a soul of gold, but you ain?t that smart
    FF           G+G
On the streets & boy you're needing to be.
    FF            C majorC
If you wanna keep tumbling around,
     FF            C majorC
Keep your own two feet from flying off the ground,
   FF                   G+G
Wanna keep acting like you?re some damn Indiana kingpin?
      FF
Just shadow boxing on the corner where you planted your seeds
                         C majorC
Waiting for the wind to blow & scatter your dreams, alright.