(Intro- intro riff, Am riff, solo before 1st verse)
1st verse
Am C F Fmaj7
I made a promise to not let go
C C/G F
Our tug of war has only made me want you more
C C/G F Fmaj7
Steeped in hard luck and doomed to roam
F Am riff
My love is braver than you know
2nd verse
My forefathers they worked this land
And I was schooled in the tyranny of nature’s plans
Dressed in thunder a cloud came round
In the shape of a lion a hand came down
Chorus-
F C
Damn this valley
F C
Damn this cold
C C/G F Am
Take so long to let me know
F C F C
It’s plant and reap and plow and sow
C Am7 or B7*
But tell me will it grow
(intro riff x2)
(mini solo)
3rd verse
Dig my ditches in the golden sun
I’d be robbing these trains if I could catch me one
Sunday Monday now Tuesday’s gone
Got me stone cold sober in a drought so long
Boarded mansions and ghost filled yards
There’s a boy in a water tower counting cars
Steel traps open and empty stalls
There’s a well worn saddle but the horse is gone
Chorus
(intro riff x2)
(Solo 2)
4th verse
Jet black starlit midnight rolls
I am down in the garden where I let go
Here on the surface the earth looks round
But it’s a godless city of cold flat ground
Chorus
(End the song on the intro riff)
KEY
Intro riff (x2)
F
-----------------------I---------------|
----1-0/1------3---5---I--1---1---1----|
---------2----4-4---5--I------2--------|
----------3--5----7--7-I---------------|
-0---0-----------------I-0-0-3-3/2-2---|
-----------------------I------------3--|
Am riff (x4)
------------|
--1-0/1-----|
-------2----|
--------2---|
-0-0-----0--|
------------|
Solo before 1st verse
--5/3/0-----------|
-------3/5/3-0----|
--------------5---|
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Verses
Pick these chords switching off between your thumb and your middle finger
Am C F Fmaj7 C C/G F
-------------I------------|
-1--1--1--1--I-1--1--1----|
-2--0--2--2--I-0--0--2----|
-2--2--3--3--I-2--0--3----|
----3-----3--I-3--2--0----|
-------------I----3-------|
*At this part you can use either Am7 or B7. Try them both and see what you think!
Am7
--5--
--5--
--5--
--5--
--7--
--5--
B7
--0--
--0--
--2--
--1--
--2--
--0--
Mini solo (# - slide)(^ - bend and vibrate)(/ - hammer on)
----3--------------------------------------|
-3#5-3^-1-1—---------------------0-3-0-----|
------------0/2---0/2---0/2---0-2------2-0-|
---------------5-2---5-2---5-2-------------|
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Solo 2
Pick these chords over the solo (repeat a bunch of times)
(The “note” should overlap with the bold 3 when it is played)
F, C, C/G, note
------3-----------------------|
-5-3-1---1-1-----1-1--0-0-1-1-|
------------2-------2---------|
--------3-3—-3--3-3--3-3-3----|
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Note
--3--
--3--
--x--
--x--
--x--
--x--
After solo 2 he decides to play the Am a little differently (more country)
(strum up and down, each time the Am is played it gets two strums- 1 up, 1 down)
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---1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1—-|
---2-2-1-1---1-1-1-1—-|
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2—-|
------0---------0-----|
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