Key: G major
Intro 1
G
Verse 1
C
G
Wish I was a painter,
D
G
charcoal and buffalo
the cops just come and go
G
D
G
a bus and empty bag
C
G
Fall asleep watching the twister
C
Am
In some broken down motel in Birm
D
ingham
G
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Verse 2
G
G
D
G
C
numbers and good names
G
D
Variating slightly but only
the pictures ever change
G
D
I'm like a letter without a stamp
G
C
G
I wasn't written to be read an d I
C
G
am sleepless in this bed
C
Am
In some broken down motel in Birmingham
G
C
Verse 3
G
C
Held her hand in Old Savannah,
G
D
G
marigold print on her dress
C
G
Her hair was combed and parted
C
G
I didn't see you at the altar,
D
G
way back then you were so drunk
C
G
You were washed up on some hooker's
Verse 4
G
C
G
Like I was born to be her man
G
D
for a cheap headline grab
D
G
'Cause the storm don't give a damn
G
D
the wrist of your writing hand
Verse 5
C
G
On a stationary wet with tears of
G
D
with no one's purse to grab
C
G
Remember me standing there
C
Am
In a broken down motel in Birmingham
Outro 1
G
D
C
G
C
G
C
Am
G
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C D Am Gsus4
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