Thoughts And Prayers chords by The Raconteurs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D Am

Verse 1:
Dm
How can the grim reaper creep
Am
If he really doesn't have the time?
Dm
And how long would you sleep
Am
If the sun decided not to shine?

Verse 2:
Dm
There's a man who lives up the block
Am
He doesn't even own a clock
Dm
Sometimes he stays awake for days
Am             C G D
He's doin' it his own way

Chorus:
C     G        D
I used to give my friends a call
C     G        D
Now there's no one left at all
C     G       D
I think my father used to say
C          G
"There's got to be a different way
  F      Em
To make myself feel okay"
D
Or maybe that's just how he used to pray

Bridge:
Am D Am
D Am D Am

Verse 3:
Dm
And who cares how people live
Am
If living's all they got?
Dm
And who knows how money grows?
Am
Drop a nickel in a pot

Verse 4:
Dm
I wrote a letter down to you
Am
Like I'm Sullivan Ballou
Dm
It's a recipe for blue
Am       C G D
Like it's 1862

Chorus:
C     G       D
Maybe I'm just a castaway
C     G       D
Or a poor boy led astray
C     G       D
There's no one left here to betray
C       G
The only child of the earth
F        Em
Nobody left here to give birth
Dm
It's hard to tell now what that's worth

Solo:
Am D Am
D Am D Am D Am D Am

Chorus:
C     G       D
I used to look up at the sky
C     G       D
Up at the beautiful blue sky
C     G          D
But now the earth has turned to gray
C          G
There's got to be a better way
F         Em
To talk to God and hear her say
D
"There are reasons why it is this way"