Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: e|----------------| G|3-------3-------| B|----2-------2---| D|----------------| A|----------------| E|----------------| Verse 1: Dm Am F Am Oh my loves, raise a glass to those we leave behind C Am C Am We may end up dead, with a bullet in the head Dm F Am Dm But if we’re not returning from this damn fool quest F B Am Dm Then tonight let's drown our sorrows down with whiskey
Dm Am Dm F Guinevere, you’re my stars, Arthur, you’re my night, F Am F Am And I know we’ve got to ride at the dawn's first light Dm Am Dm F And I ain’t saying this preacher man’s crusade ain’t right F B Am Dm But first let's fuel a few more sins with whiskey Verse 2: Dm Am F Am Lancelot, you’re a fool to drink your bottle dry C Am C Am Whiskey kills your fear, and you'll want keep that near Dm F Am Dm ‘Cause I don’t know what is out there but we need that GRAIL F B Am Dm And I love you, but you stink to hell of whiskey Dm Am Dm F Galahad is crazy but you’ve felt that heat F Am F Am And the only explanation comes from his damn seat Dm Am Dm B And with you and Guinevere I know we won’t be beat F B Am Dm So we might as well have one more drop of whiskey Interlude: (faster) e|----------------10/0------------------------3--5--| B|3-333---3-333----------3-5-6--5-3----3-5-6--------| G|----------------------------------2---------------| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| e|3-1-3--8----------------------------------------------------10--| B|----------------------------------------------------10--13------| G|----------5--5-7-9-10-12-9----5--7-777-9-10-9-10-12-------------| D|---------------------------7------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| e|8-6-5-5-----6-5-----------| B|--------8-6-----8-6-------| G|--------------------9--7--| D|--------------------------| A|--------------------------| E|--------------------------| Verse 3: Dm Am F Am Drain your glass, strap your piece, for my loves, we ride C Am C Am Empty miles of steel fall away beneath our wheels Dm F Am Dm As we leave a trail of bodies of the folks we’ve slain F B Am Dm And the camps we raid for gasoline and whiskey Dm Am Dm F Maybe it’s the heat, or maybe it’s the pain F Am F Am But I can’t shake the feeling we’re not coming back again Dm F Am Dm We’re not pure of heart, but we’re sure of aim F B Dm Am And our heads are full of love and blood and whiskey Interlude: e|10--10-8--------8-10--10-8--------------8--------------------------| B|---------10--10------------10--10-8-10-----10--8--10-8-10-8--------| G|------------------------------------------------------------10--9--| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| e|10--10-8----------------8-10--8--------------------------------| B|---------10--8--10-8-10---------11-10--8----11-10-8------------| G|-----------------------------------------10---------10-9---7---| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 4: (slower) Dm Am F Am There’s a dream that I've had as we ride out west C Am C Am Of a golden age and this world’s wrongs all redressed, Dm F Am Dm But I wake to find there’s nothing here but fear and death F B Am Dm And between the two there’s only blood and whiskey Dm Am Dm F Quit your whinging, Arthur, or your wounds won’t heal F Am F Am And the vultures that are circling will get their meal; Dm F Am Dm We can mourn our dead later until then don’t feel F B Am Dm Just clean the wounds with bloody rags and whiskey ****************************************************************** Slide = / ******************************************************************
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