Chords
# On the guitar in the song, the capo is put on the 4th fret. So it's not played in the first position. Here are the chords the way I like to play.
E A F#m B Am C#m Fm
G#--8---5---5---7---4---5---4---------------|
D#--5---6---6---8---6---5---5---------------|
B --5---5---7---7---5---5---6---------------|
F#--5---7---7---9---6---7---6---------------|
Intro Riff
G#-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-7-5---5---------------------------------------------------|
D#--------------------8---8-5-8-5-------5-8-5-----------5-----------5-------|
B --------------------------------7-5-7-------5-7-4-5-5---0-0-2-5-5---0-0-2-|
F#--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
E A F#m A
I ain't from Texas, but I made my way from Dallas
F#m B E B
And I know the lonesome sound is following
E A F#m A
I ain't a gambler, but I can recognize a hand
F#m B E B
And when to hold when the queens are staring back at me
G#-8-7-5--5-----------7--|
D#--------7----8-7-5--5--| 3X Then E A B
B --------6-----------4--|
F#--------7-----------5--|
Verse 2
E A F#m A
Once I was a carpenter, and man my hands were calloused
F#m B E B
I could swing a metal mallet sure and straight
E A F#m A
But I took to the highway, a poet young and hungry
F#m B E B
And I left the timbers rotting where they lay
Chorus
A Am
Forever I will move like the world that turns beneath me
E C#m B
And when I lose my direction I'll look up to the sky
A
And when the black cloak drags upon the ground
Am E
I'll be ready to surrender, and remember
Am G
Well we're all in this together
F Fm E B E B
If I live the life I'm given, I wont be scared to die
Verse 3
E A F#m A
I don't come from Detroit, but her diesel motors pull me
F#m B E B
And I followed till I finally lost my way
E A F#m A
And now I spend my days in search of a woman we called purpose
F#m B E B
And if I ever pass back through her town I'll stay
Chorus
G#-8-7-5--5-----------7--|
D#--------7----8-7-5--5--| 3X Then E A B E E
B --------6-----------4--|
F#--------7-----------5--|
G#-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-7-5---5-------------|
D#--------------------8---8-5-8-5-----|
B --------------------------------7-5-|
F#------------------------------------|
Verse 4
E A F#m A
My life is but a coin, pulled from an empty pocket
F#m B E B
Dropped into a slot with dreams of sevens close behind
E A F#m A
And hope and fear go with it, and moon and the sun go spinning
F#m B E B
Like the numbers and fruits before our eyes
E A B E
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
E A B E
Sometimes I hit, sometimes it robs me blind
Chorus
Outro
G#-8-10-8-7-8-7-5-7-5---5---------------------------8-|
D#--------------------8---8-5-8-5-------5-8-5-------5-|
B---------------------------------7-5-7-------5-7-4-5-|
F#--------------------------------------------------5-|
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Tabs by: Cooperocker
Published: 8 Dec, 2015
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