Verse 1D
I flung the door open and let the heat rise
G
To heat up the world because I thought it was mine
D
And all the while all my plans froze inside
AA/BD
Because there’s only so much to go round
D
And it took me some tries and a whole lot of kindlin’
G
when the lesson arrived it only took me a minute
D
to learn there’s some things better off freezing
AA/BD
I can tell you a few that I’ve found
Verse 2G
Hate is a thing that could poison your veins
D
And get in your eyes when you’re sweatin’ on stage
A
Shiftin’ around 4 o’clock on the wall
GDD7
tells you its almost over
G
Bands that keep rollin’ and times for the birds
D
That chirp in your ears all the rumors they heard
A
Flying above all the good in this world
GAD
Shittin’ on cattle n’ clover
Verse 3D
Now when I was a young boy I thought I could track
G
And an old timer sat down and wrenched me a sack
D
And he told me all of the knowledge I lacked
AA/BD
on an ordinary old thing called a snipe
D
He picked me up on a Friday and he dropped me in Charlie
G
Told me when he’d be back and went off to party
D
And I sat on the hill like a Jeremiah Johnson
AA/BD
And I froze my dumb ass off all night
Verse 4D
And that’s the way that I feel when I look at our past
G
And the handshakes you gave me if your calling them that
D
And the snickers you tried to pass off as laughs
AA/BDD7
And the way your eyes never met mine
Verse 5]
G
Paranoia’s a thing that you’re makin’ when sleep
D
Ain’t a thing you recall ain’t a habit you keep
A
One old boy’s nightmare is another fools dream
GDD7
It’s all in the way that you hold her
G
Hotels are lonely I reckon I’d know
D
I’ve spent many nights in between shows
A
Watching as paint dries on the wall
GAD
all the boogers that’re just painted over
Verse 6]
D
Life reminds me of a card game you played as a kid
G
Where you laid down the deck til you got to the end
D
Early on there’s a joker got lost ‘neath the fridge
AA/BD
Over time all the queens moved in with him
D
And I’d say the boy had him an absolute ball
G
But he ruined the card game for all us involved
D
And I let it eat at me like kudzu in Georgia
AA/BD
I hope it don’t do that again
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.