Source Decay chords by
Holy Sons
Holy Sons

N/A
Key: E major
Verse 1
E
E
Once a week I make the drive,
F#
F#
two hours east
A
A
E
E
To check the Austin post office box
I make the detour through
F#sus4
F#sus4
our old neighborhood
F#
F#
A
A
See all the Chevy Impalas in
B
B
their front yards up on blocks
A
A
And I park in an alley
B
B
E
E
And I read through the postcards
B
B
E
E
A
A
you continue to send
F#m
F#m
Where as indirectly as you can,
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A
you ask what I remember
E
E
I like these torture devices
B
B
from my old best friend
Verse 2
C#m
C#m
Well, I'll tell you what I know,
F#sus4
F#sus4
F#
F#
A
A
like I swore I always would
I don't think it's gonna
B
B
do you any good
Verse 3
E
E
A
A
And I remember the train headed
E
E
A
A
B
B
south out of Bangkok down
A
A
E
E
Toward the water
Verse 4
E
E
I always get a late start when the
F#sus4
F#sus4
sun's going down
A
A
The traffic's thinning out; the
E
E
glare is hard to take
I wish the West Texas Highway was
F#sus4
F#sus4
a mobiles strip
A
A
I could ride it out forever
B
B
And when I feel my heart break
A
A
I almost swear I hear it happen,
B
B
it's that clear and that hard
E
E
I come in off the highway and
A
A
I park in my front yard
Verse 5
C#m
C#m
F#
F#
Fall out of the car like a host
F#sus4
F#sus4
F#m
F#m
age from a plane
A
A
Think of you a while,
B
B
start wishing it would rain
Verse 6
E
E
A
A
And I remember the train headed
E
E
A
A
B
B
south out of Bangkok down
A
A
E
E
Toward the water
Verse 7
E
E
I come into the house,
F#sus4
F#sus4
A
A
put on a pot of coffee
E
E
Walk the floors a little while
Set your postcard on the table with
F#
F#
F#sus4
F#sus4
A
A
all the others like it
Start sorting through the pile
B
B
A
A
I check the pictures and the postmarks
B
B
and the caption and the stamp
E
E
For signs of any pattern at all
A
A
C#m
C#m
F#sus4
F#sus4
When I come up empty- handed
A
A
the feeling almost overwhelms me
E
E
B
B
I let a few of my defenses fall
Verse 8
C#m
C#m
And I smile a bitter smile,
F#sus4
F#sus4
it's not a pretty thing to see
A
A
I think about a railroad platform
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B
back in 1983
Verse 9
E
E
A
A
And I remember the train headed
E
E
A
A
B
B
south out of Bangkok down
A
A
E
E
A
A
Toward the water
Outro 1
E
E
A
A
B
B
A
A
E
E
A
A
E
E
A
A
B
B
A
A

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE F# A F#sus4 B...