Jeff Davis County Blues chords by The Mountain Goats

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