Dress Blues

Dress Blues easy guitar chords by Jason Isbell

Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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  • G

  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • Cm

    3
  • G

  • Em

  • C

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • Cm

    3
  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    What 
    can 
    you 
    see 
    from 
    your 
    window? 

    can't 
    see 
    anything 
    from 
    mine 

    Flags 
    on 
    the 
    side 
    the 
    highway 

    And 
    scripture 
    on 
    grocery 
    store 
    signs 

    Maybe 
    eighteen 
    was 
    too 
    early 

    Maybe 
    thirty 
    or 
    forty 
    is 
    too 

    Did 
    you 
    get 
    your 
    chance 
    to 
    make 
    peace 

    with 
    the 
    man 

    Before 
    he 
    sent 
    down 
    his 
    angels 
    for 
    you? 

    Chorus 1
    Mamas 
    and 
    grandmamas 
    love 
    you 

    'cause 
    that's 
    all 
    they 
    know 
    how 
    to 
    do 

    You 
    never 
    planned 
    on 
    the 
    bombs 
    in 
    the 
    sand 

    Or 
    sleeping 
    in 
    your 
    dress 
    blues 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 2
    Your 
    wife 
    said 
    this 
    all 
    would 
    be 
    funny 

    When 
    you 
    came 
    back 
    home 
    in 
    week 

    You'd 
    turn 
    twenty-two 

    and 
    we'd 
    celebrate 
    you 

    In 
    bar 
    or 
    tent 
    by 
    the 
    creek 

    Your 
    baby 
    would 
    just 
    about 
    be 
    here 

    Your 
    very 
    last 
    tour 
    would 
    be 
    up 

    But 
    you 
    won't 
    be 
    back 

    They're 
    all 
    dressing 
    in 
    black 

    Drinking 
    sweet 
    tea 
    in 
    styrofoam 
    cups 

    Chorus 2
    Mamas 
    and 
    grandmamas 
    love 
    you 

    A
    merican 
    boys 
    hate 
    to 
    lose 

    You 
    never 
    planned 
    on 
    the 
    bombs 
    in 
    the 
    sand 

    Or 
    sleeping 
    in 
    your 
    dress 
    blues 

    Interlude 2

    Verse 3
    The 
    high 
    school 
    gymnasium's 
    ready 

    Full 
    of 
    flowers 
    and 
    old 
    legion
    naires 

    Nobody 
    showed 
    up 
    to 
    protest 

    Just 
    sniffle 
    and 
    stare 

    There's 
    red, 
    white, 
    and 
    blue 
    in 
    the 
    rafters 

    And 
    there's 
    silent 
    old 
    men 
    from 
    the 
    corps 

    What 
    did 
    they 
    say 

    when 
    they 
    shipped 
    you 
    away 

    To 
    fight 
    somebody's 
    Hollywood 
    war? 

    Chorus 3
    Nobody 
    here 
    could 
    for
    get 
    you 

    You 
    showed 
    us 
    what 
    we 
    had 
    to 
    lose 

    You 
    never 
    planned 
    on 
    the 
    bombs 
    in 
    the 
    sand 

    Or 
    sleeping 
    in 
    your 
    dress 
    blues 

    Outro 1
    You 
    never 
    planned 
    on 
    the 
    bombs 
    in 
    the 
    sand 

    Or 
    sleeping 
    in 
    your 
    dress 
    blues 
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