Chords with lyrics
Riff (played often during the intro, between verses, and at the end of lines) e|-----3------------------------|BB|-----0--1-p0------------------|
G+G|-----0--------0---------------|
D MajorD|-----0-----------0------------|
A augmentedA|-----2------------------------|
E MajorE|-----3------------------------|
E MajorE
A augmentedA
Verse 1:E MajorE After three nights in jail, I head north from Toyaville
A augmentedA Switch to 285 in Pecos, head up to Red Bluff
E MajorE My walk's real steady and my eyes are real cold When I feel like I'm only sixteen years old
A augmentedA Lost in a travel lodge
E MajorE With the television on with the sound down I don't feel so tough
A minorAm
BB
E MajorE Old issues of sunset magazine to read
A minorAm
BB Sleep for twelve hours
E MajorE Dream about home Verse 2:
E MajorE I have no place to go So I drive up to New Mexico
A augmentedA Fix my eyes in the rearview when I cross the stateline
E MajorE And I panic I guess And although it's quite late I take the first exit to 128
A augmentedA
E MajorE I am coming back to Midland and I hope you won't mind Polaroids of the two of us
A minorAm
BB Scattered on the passenger seat
E MajorE
A minorAm
BB I drive slowly and eat early
E MajorE
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Jeff Davis County Blues' by The Mountain Goats, an indie rock band formed in 1991 from Claremont,California,USA