New South Wales chords by Jason Isbell
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Intro 1
(D major)
Verse 1
Here we (D major) sit
Across the table (G major) from each oth (D major) er
A thousand miles (G major) from
both our moth (D major) ers,
Barely old (E major) enough to rust (A major)
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Verse 2
Here we (D major) sit (G major) (D major)
Pretending both (G major) our hearts
are an (D major) chors
Taking candy (G major) from these stranger (D major) s
Amidst (A major) the diesel and the dust
(D major)
Verse 3
And here we sit (G major) (D major)
Singing word (G major) s nobody taught (D major) us
Drinking (G major) fire, and spitting saw (D major) dust,
Trying (E major) to teach ourselves to breathe (A major)
Verse 4
We haven't yet, (D major) (G major) (D major)
But every chor (G major) us brings us closer (D major)
Every fly (G major) er and every poster (D major)
Gives (B minor) (D major) a piece (A major) of what we (D major) need
Verse 5
And the sand (G major) that they call cocaine
cost you twice (D major) as much as gold
You'd be better (G major) off to drink
your coffee (A major) black
But I swear, (D major) the land (A major) it listened (G major)
to (A major) the stories (G major) that we told (D major)
God bless the busted (A major) boat that brings
(G major) us back
Interlude 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(A major) (D major)
Verse 6
Morning's (D major) rough
It don't give a dam (G major) n
about the mis (D major) sion
Has no aesthetic (G major) or tradi (D major) tion,
Only (E major) lessons never learned (A major)
Verse 7
And I'd had enough (D major)
About a month (G major) ago tomor (D major) row
Parting hold (G major) s no trace of sor (D major) row
For the bitter (A major) and the burned
(D major)
Verse 8
And the piss (G major) they call tequila even
(D major) Waylon wouldn't drink
Well I'd rather (G major) sip this Listerine I (A major) packed
But I swear, (D major) we've nev (A major) er seen (G major)
a better (A major) (G major) place to sit and think (D major)
God bless the busted (G major) ship (A major) that brings us (G major) back
(D major)
Interlude 2
(G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (A major) (D major)
And (G major) the sand
Verse 9
that they call cocaine cost
you twice (D major) as much as gold
You'd be better (G major) off to drink
your coffee (A major) black
But I swear, (D major) the land (A major) it listened (G major)
to (A major) the stories (G major) that we told (D major)
God bless the busted (G major) boat (A major) that brings
us (G major) (D major) (A major) (G major) back
Outro 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(A major) (D major) (D major)
New South Wales
Jason Isbell
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