Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
C majorC DmDm G+G C majorC
Verse:
C majorC
i'm on a b road heading for the sea
DmDm
to see if hands across the ocean shake or
G+G C majorC
wave - shake or wave
C majorC
through the whiplash of the windscreen wipers
DmDm
i can see for miles but all i do is watch the
G+G C majorC
time and the driver's hands
DmDm C majorC
he harbours thoughts on personal grief
DmDm C majorC
i said your hardship's only one of a fleet
G+G G7G7 G6G6 G(add5)
that didn't go down well
Chorus:
C majorC G7G7 Am7Am7 C majorC
listen son if you'd spent your life in the last lane
G+G DmDm C majorC G+G
you’d have an accent to grind
C majorC G7G7 Am7Am7 C majorC
punch-drunk on patriotism blind on borderism
G+G DmDm C majorC (Cmaj7Cmaj7) DmDm G+G C majorC
maybe i should drive
Verse:
C majorC
and while you're castaway the mice'll play
DmDm
they'll have a license to dull those left back
G+G C majorC DmDm
home - what about those poor souls?
Chorus:
C majorC G7G7 Am7Am7 C majorC
listen son if you'd spent your life in the last lane
G+G DmDm C majorC G+G
you’d have an accent to grind
C majorC G7G7 Am7Am7 C majorC
punch-drunk on patriotism blind on borderism
G+G DmDm C majorC
maybe i should drive
DmDm C majorC
and as i jumped to these conclusions
DmDm C majorC
he thumped his feet on the brakes
G+G G7G7 G6G6 G(add5)
but we still hit a songwriter trudging through the rain
Solo:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
FF Fmaj7Fmaj7 F6F6 FF - FF Fmaj7Fmaj7 F6F6
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
FF Fmaj7Fmaj7 F6F6 FF DmDm
F6F6 Fmaj7Fmaj7 FF Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
Outro:
G+G
scrambled out and watched him rest in pieces
A minorAm
said a prayer and rifled through his pockets
D MajorD G+G
and the side of his mouth still had something to say
C majorC
at the toss of a coin i end up
DmDm
head in the dirt and tail in the
G+G C majorC
air and yet you can dance away
FF
be it friend or hard,
G minorGm
up-man, fellow or kin
C majorC FF
when your chips are down they're down for good