Vermillion chords by The Waifs

[Verse 1]

Dm      C    F      G       Bb
It don't get much worse, than winter South Dakota
Dm        F         A
My pa was as drunk as a bar room rag
Dm     C    F      G           Bb
I saw him one more time, in the warmth of a begger's refuge
Dm        A       Dm
Still sailing on his, dirty raft.


[Verse 2]

Dm   C   F    G        Bb
Mama's tears, tasted like sea water
Dm        F         A
I cried on her shoulders while she sleep
Dm   C    F       G     Bb
She got cold, she got idle as a picture
Dm          A       Dm
She died with the flowers in the fall.

[Solo Harmony]

Dm C F G Bb
Dm F A
Dm C F G Bb
Dm A Dm


[Verse 3]

Dm   C     F   G     Bb
The graveyard cold,   late November
Dm       F        A
My brother Cody, he come to help
Dm  C   F       G          Bb
Cody never cried, he went a-riding with Hell's Angels
Dm         A        Dm
At least he's, found his family there.


[Verse 4]

Dm  C  F      G          Bb
Me, I left town, and I took no more than a picture
Dm          F         A
and a coat of my mama's to keep me warm.
    Dm  C   F      G       Bb
I ain't ever going back, to Vermillion South Dakota
Dm     A      D
I never could return.


[Solo Harmony]

Dm C F G Bb
Dm F A
Dm C F G Bb
Dm A Dm


[Outro]

Dm    C     F      G       Bb
It don't get much worse, than winter South Dakota,
Dm         A          D