Bus To Baton Rouge chords by Lucinda Williams

Chords with lyrics

"Bus To Baton Rouge" by Lucinda Williams
From the album "Essence" (2001)
Written by Lucinda Williams
Tabbed by CJWilky

Standard tuning
No capo

[Intro]
C majorC   Fmaj7/C
C majorC   Fmaj7/C


[Verse 1]
 C majorC           DmDm
I had to go back to that house one more time
  G+G              C majorC
To see if the camellias were in bloom
  C majorC          DmDm
For so many reasons it's been on my mind
  G+G          C majorC
The house on Belmont Avenue
  C majorC           DmDm
Built up on cinderblocks off of the ground
       G+G           C majorC
What with the rain, the soft swampy land
    C majorC           DmDm
By the sweet honeysuckle that grew all around
   G+G           C majorC
Were switches when we were bad

[Chorus]
     C majorC   Fmaj7/C
I took a bus to Baton Rouge
     C majorC   Fmaj7/C
I took a bus to Baton Rouge


C majorC   Fmaj7/C
C majorC   Fmaj7/C


[Verse 2]
 C majorC            DmDm
All the front rooms were kept closed off
    G+G          C majorC
I never liked to go in there much
 C majorC         DmDm
Sometimes the doors they'd be locked
         G+G                C majorC
'Cause there were precious things that I couldn't touch
  C majorC       DmDm
The company couch covered in plastic
    G+G         C majorC
Little books about being saved
  C majorC         DmDm
The dining room table nobody ate at
  G+G         C majorC
The piano that nobody played

[Chorus]
     C majorC   Fmaj7/C
I took a bus to Baton Rouge
     C majorC   Fmaj7/C
I took a bus to Baton Rouge


C majorC   Fmaj7/C
C majorC   Fmaj7/C


[Verse 3]
      C majorC        DmDm
There was a beautiful lamp I always loved
 G+G              C majorC
A augmentedA seashore was painted on the shade
     C majorC          DmDm
It would turn around when you switched on the bulb
  G+G        C majorC
And gently rock the waves
  C majorC             DmDm
The driveway was covered with tiny white seashells
 G+G             C majorC
A augmentedA fig tree stood in the backyard
     C majorC        DmDm
There are other things I remember as well
    G+G              C majorC
But to tell them would just be too hard
  C majorC          DmDm
Ghosts in the wind that blow through my life
  G+G         C majorC
Follow me wherever I go
   C majorC            DmDm
I'll never be free from these chains inside
 G+G          C majorC
Hidden deep down in my soul


[Chorus]
     C majorC   Fmaj7/C
I took a bus to Baton Rouge
     C majorC   Fmaj7/C
I took a bus to Baton Rouge
     C majorC   Fmaj7/C
I took a bus to Baton Rouge


[Outro]
C majorC   Fmaj7/C
C majorC   Fmaj7/C
C majorC   Fmaj7/C C majorC

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