Key: G major
Verse 1
G
A
C
I leave as soon as it gets light outside
Csus2
G
Like a prisoner breaking out of jail
And I steel down to business
A
C
fifteen- five- oh- one
Csus2
C
Csus2
Like I had a bounty
Verse 2
to pick me up
C
G
Csus2
But he drops me off just down the block
C
G
Em
And along the highway where
C
D
G
the empty spirits breathe
D
G
Wild sage growing in the weeds
Verse 3
G
Walked down the soft shoulder and I
A
D
A
G
C
count my steps
Csus2
C
Headed vaguely eastward
And I laugh to myself,
Verse 4
in my ears
Csus2
Like marbles being thrown against a mirror
C
G
Em
And along the highway where
C
G
unlucky stray dogs bleed
D
G
Wild sage growing in the weeds
Verse 5
F
G
C
D
And some days I don't miss my family
G
F
C
G
F
And some days I do
C
G
Some days I think I'd feel better
Em
C
if I tried harder
Verse 6
G
I lay down right where I felt
A
C
cold grass in my face
rhythm of the tides
on the heel of my hand
C
G
'til it doesn't sting so much
and until the bloods dried
Verse 7
if I'm ok
C
G
I don't know what to say
C
G
Em
And along the highway
C
G
From cast- off innumerable seeds
Outro 1
G
F
C
G
F
C
G
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