Key: G major•
Verse 1
C
G
D
C
G
D
Looking back
C
down
G
D
figured that out pretty fast
C
G
I never saw the future fading
Verse 2
Em
D
I burned a lot of bridges and
It's a wonder I can ever go
G
D
back to any place I've been
Em
D
I'm near enough to Jesus as
Verse 3
C
G
Save your prayers for yourself
D
Em
I raise my glass to your health
G
C
G
D
I don't mind if you don't look like me
C
G
I can share my bread and wine
D
Em
I come from another time
C
G
It don't matter all that much
C
G
D
If it don't bleed
Verse 4
Em
D
than there is up ahead
C
G
I smile and I nod like I heard
Em
D
You don't get it back so give
While you still got a more or less
G
D
functional body and mind
Verse 5
C
G
Save your prayers for yourself
D
Em
I raise my glass to your health
G
C
G
D
I don't mind if you don't look like me
C
G
I can share my bread and wine
D
Em
I come from another time
C
G
And it don't matter all that much
C
G
If it don't bleed
Interlude 1
D
C
G
Em
D
C
G
D
Em
C
G
D
Verse 6
D
Em
D
I paid my taxes and I stayed out of jail
Em
D
C
Bones get brittle so you better not fall
You slow to a crawl
G
D
Time gets to balling the jack
Run you right off the track
Verse 7
C
G
Save your prayers for yourself
D
Em
I raise my glass to your health
C
G
D
I don't mind if you don't talk like me
C
G
I can share my bread and wine
D
Em
I come from another time
C
G
It don't matter all that much
Verse 8
C
G
D
If it don't bleed
C
G
Em
D
If it don't bleed
C
G
D
If it don't bleed
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ChordsC G D Em
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