Key: E minor•
Verse 1
Em
Am
His boots they smothered the embers
G
Em
And it became a darker night
G
Am
Em
Was his only source of light
C
G
He lit his lamp with his last match
D
Em
As he wandered through the pine
C
Em
G
Where he would go, oh,
D
G
D
G
Em
As he drifted through this life
Am
Em
D
Em
Am
Em
D
Em
Am
He drank all the others under,
G
D
Em
as he twirled his furrowed brow
The mud in his teeth
G
D
would drag a common man on down
Em
C
G
But they all knew that he once loved,
D
Em
they could tell that he gave a damn
D
Em
with the face of a lonely man
C
G
He said, there is no heaven for me,
Em
C
G
Looks like my only destination
Em
C
G
And my way may be different from yours
Am
Em
You can live yours as you choose
C
G
But all that I got is the skin on my back
D
Em
I ain't got much else to lose
Am
Em
D
Em
Am
Em
D
Em
Am
So he fled to the Smoky Mountains,
G
D
Em
and he hid in the hills above.
Em
G
D
Em
carving the names of the ones he loved.
C
G
As he swung from the highest branches,
D
Em
As the band played him out
C
G
And they go la -la -la -la -la -la
Em
C
La -la -la -la -la -la
G
D
La -la -la -la -la -la
C
G
La -la -la -la -la -la
Am
Em
La la la la la la
C
G
D
La la la la la la la la la la
Hey
C
G
There is no heaven for me
Em
C
G
Looks like my only destination
Em
C
G
And my way may be different from yours
Em
C
G
But all that I got is the skin on my back
D
Em
I ain't got much else to lose
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEm Am G C D
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