Lawrence Ks chords by Richard Shindell

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 8th

Capo 8

Intro:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse:
G+G
Dirt roads and dryland farming might be the death of me
   C majorC             G+G
But I can't leave this world be hind
  G+G
My debts are not like prisons where there's hope of getting free
   C majorC             G+G
And I can't leave this world be hind

D MajorD                C majorC
I've been from here to Lawrence, Kansas
D MajorD              C majorC
Trying to leave my state of mind
D MajorD             C majorC
Trying to leave this awful sadness
                G+G
But I can't leave this world be hind

     G+G
South of Delia there's a patch out back by the willow trees
   C majorC             G+G
And I can't leave this world be hind
    G+G
It's a fenced-in piece of nothin' where I hear voices on my knees
   C majorC             G+G
And I can't leave this world be hind

D MajorD              C majorC
Some prophecies are self-ful filling
D MajorD              C majorC
I've had to work for all of mine
D MajorD                 C majorC
Better times will come to me, God- willing
                 G+G
Cause I can't leave this world be hind

   G+G
This world must be frightening, everybody's on the run
   C majorC             G+G
And I can't leave this world be hind
  G+G
My house is a wooden one and it's built on a wooden one
    C majorC             G+G
Seems I can't leave this world be hind

D MajorD                 C majorC
Preacher says that when the master calls us
D MajorD              C majorC
He's gonna give us wings to fly
D MajorD              C majorC
My wings are made of hay and corn husks
                G+G
So I can't leave this world be hind