Elizabethtown chords by Matt Harlan

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

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

I'd ever see so many tears.

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

C G Dm F

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

Never had the patience to pray.


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

C G F

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

Is what some people they're saying
                    Am
Heading down to the pier.
         F
Then his body washed up just the other day.
    C          G
& I ain't ever thought once in all my life

I'd ever see so many tears.

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