Intro
| Bm      | Bm      | Bm   Em | F# Em Bm | 
 
Verse 1
Bm               F#        Bm 
This place plays tricks on me 
Em              Em7     Bm 
   I don’t know why I’m here 
Em             Em7    Bm 
   So peaceful and serene 
    F#        F#7       Bm 
But   it only brings me tears 
     Bm7    F#        F#7       Bm 
Good lord     it only brings me tears 
 
Chorus
Bm          Bm7 
My bad luck boots 
       Bm 
And my hard luck hand 
   Em 
My coal black thoughts 
   Bm        Bm7    Em 
Reappear, reprimand 
Em 
And hold my head 
       Bm           Bm7 
To the silt, to the sand 
       F#         F#7 
To the bone-white dead 
       Bm 
Of the Rio Grande 
 
Instrumental
| Bm  Bm7 | Bm  Bm7 | Em Em7 | Bm     | 
| Em  Em7 | Bm  Bm7 | F# F#7 | Bm     | 
 
Verse 2
 
Bm       F#         Bm 
I return every last time 
       Em                       Bm 
With a strong and a hopeful heart 
    Em                   Bm 
But under a mocking blue sky 
    Bm7  F#                F#7  Bm 
Somehow    it all just crumbles apart 
F#               F#7      Bm 
  Oh it all just crumbles apart 
 
Chorus
Bm          Bm7 
My bad luck boots 
       Bm 
And my hard luck hand 
   Em 
My coal black thoughts 
   Bm        Bm7    Em 
Reappear, reprimand 
Em 
And hold my head 
       Bm           Bm7 
To the silt, to the sand 
       F#         F#7 
To the bone-white dead 
       Bm 
Of the Rio Grande 
 
Instrumental
| Bm  Bm7 | Bm  Bm7 | Em Em7 | Bm     | 
| Em  Em7 | Bm  Bm7 | F# F#7 | Bm     | 
 
Outro
Bm             F#7        Bm    Bm7 
The pines have lost their green 
         Em        Em7   Bm    Bm7 
Now they stare without a sound 
    Em         Em7     Bm    Bm7 
The wind’s too cold to sing 
            F#    F#7       Bm 
The snow is heavy    on the ground 
F#   F#7        Bm      F# F#7    Bm 
   Heavy on the ground