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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: G
Written by John Prine, Pat McLaughlin, and Dan Auerbach
From the album, The Tree of Forgiveness
Intro:
G D C G
C G D/F# G
Verse 1:
G D C G
I woke up this morning to a garbage truck
C G D/F#
Looks like this ol' horseshoe's done run out of luck
G D C G
If I came home, would you let me in?
C G D/F# G
Fry me some pork chops and forgive my sin?
Chorus:
C G
Surround me with your boundless love
C G
Confound me with your boundless love
G G7 C
I was drowning in a sea, lost as I could be
G D G
When you found me with your boundless love
Verse 2:
G D C G
Sometimes my ol' heart is like a washing machine
C G D/F#
It bounces around 'til my soul comes clean
G D C G
And when I'm clean and hung out to dry
C G D/F# G
I'm gonna make you laugh until you cry
Chorus:
C G
Surround me with your boundless love
C G
Confound me with your boundless love
G G7 C
I was drowning in a sea, lost as I could be
G D G
When you found me with your boundless love
Break:
G D C G
C G D/F# G
Verse 3:
G D C G
If by chance I should find myself at risk
C G D/F#
A-falling from this jagged cliff
G D C G
I look below, and I look above
C G D/F# G
I'm surrounded by your boundless love
Chorus:
C G
Surround me with your boundless love
C G
Confound me with your boundless love
G G7 C
I was drowning in a sea, lost as I could be
G D G
When you found me with your boundless love
C G D G
You dumbfound me with your boundless love
C G D G
You surround me with your boundless love
G C G D G
Note:
The first two lines of the chorus (and the last two lines of the last chorus)
should be proceeded by a bass note walk down from G to C as so...
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|--------0----2----3----|
E|---3-------------------|
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Last Updated: October 21, 2019