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