Saint Of Lost Causes chords by Justin Townes Earle
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Intro 1
(A minor) (F major) (A minor)
(F major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor)
(F major)
(A minor)
Verse 1
I'm a bad (A minor) dream (F major)
I'm not a night (E minor) mare,
I'm too (A minor) goody for that (F major)
(E minor) Let's just say I'm the (A minor) last thing
you (F major) wanna see coming
(E minor) I'm the reas (A minor) on they say
watch your back (F major) (E minor)
(C major) But for so
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Verse 2
(A minor) long,
I was like a wounded (F major) hound (A minor)
Backed into a chain-link fence
fence (F major) (E minor)
(A minor) The world at large was just a (F major) big,
mean kid
(A minor) Poking me through the fence with a stick
(F major) (E minor)
Verse 3
(A minor) Ain't nobody goin' (F major) back
(A minor) It takes a whole lotta hurt
(F major) (E minor) (A minor)
Paralyze one of life's (F major)
biggest lessons
(A minor) Ain't got nothing to do
with dessert (F major) (E minor)
(A minor) Just (D minor) pray to (F major) the Saint (E minor) of Lost
(A minor) Causes
(F major) (A minor)
Verse 4
(F major) (A minor)
It's a cruel world (E major) (E minor)
But it ain't hard (A minor) to understand (E minor) (A minor)
You got your sheep,
(F major) got your shep (A minor) herds
Got your wolves amongst men
(C major) (A minor)
Verse 5
It can be hard to tell (F major) (E minor)
You (A minor) might find a wolf in shepherd's
clothes (F major) (E minor)
(A minor) And now and then you're
gon (F major) na find sheep
In (C major) among (A minor) st all those troubled
souls
(F major) (C major) (E minor)
Verse 6
(A minor)
You know more folks that's
(F major) most afraid of the wolf (A minor)
If you really stop and think
(E minor) (A minor)
Throughout time,
between a wolf (F major) and a shep (E minor) herd
Who do you (A minor) think has killed
more sheep?
(F major) (E minor)
Verse 7
(A minor)
Nah, there's nothing can
be (F major) done (E minor) (A minor)
It's just the way it (F major) goes (A minor) (E minor)
(A minor) First you get bad,
then (F major) you get mean (E minor)
Then there's noth (A minor) ing left
but to grow cold (F major) (C major)
And (D minor) pray (F major) to the Saint (E minor) of Lost
(A minor) Causes
(F major) (A minor) (F major) (A minor)
Verse 8
(D minor) Some will say I've (A minor) got no feeling (E minor)
No heart, and surely (A minor) no shame (D minor)
Truth is that this has been
(A minor) with me (C major) so long
That I, (E minor) I must admit I kinda like the pain
(A minor)
Interlude 1
(E minor) (A minor) (E minor)
(A minor) (E minor) (A minor) (F major)
(E minor)
Verse 9
(A minor) How many encounters do
you ever (F major) have? (A minor)
Better yet, how many wolves
you ever seen? (F major) (E minor) (C major)
(A minor) You got about as much chance
of seeing (F major) one of them (E minor)
As you do run (A minor) ning into me (F major) (E minor)
Verse 10
(A minor) Still take nothing for granted
(F major) (A minor) Might live on the best
block in Beverly Hills
(F major) (A minor) Be sure you lock up tight
at night
'Cause you know poor folks
ain't got nothing to steal (F major)
(E minor) Just (D minor) pray to (F major) the Saint (E minor) of Lost (A minor) Causes
Outro 1
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