Iron and Wine - Friends They Are Jewels

C...........................F...............Am.....................G
dreamless sleep will fall like a deep, poisoned well

C...................F......................Am...........G
on the steeple birds and this red-light hotel

F.........................C.................F
so lay your pistol down, granny

F....................................Am.........G
the company men never came to you

F.................................C................F
but don’t un-knit your brow, granny

F.........................................Am..........................G
the mice in the yard ate the potted plants you grew

pour your bitter tea for our sweet, liquored host
perfect polished stones but this breeze beats you both

so lay your pistol down, granny
the duty of men never fell to you
when you un-knit your brow, granny
your friends, they are jewels, twice as beautiful and few

Jason Isbell - Good

E
you better watch yourself this time

B
are you waiting in the wrong line

C#m....................................A
or cooking off a slow crime


E
I guess the devil wouldn't have you

B
but you're used to what you're used to

C#m
you always seemed to somehow

A.........................F#m
make it through I know

.................A
I let myself go again

...................E........................................B
I tried to lay low but it's real hard to be alone

..C#m..........................A
I know I never take my own advice

........................E
chase a couple rolling dice

................................B
somewhere I don't belong

..C#m............A
I can't myself be good

A
I wish I could

E.......................................................B
somewhere my conscience turned to petrified wood

C#m.....................A
I can't make myself do right

A
on Friday night

E....................................B
where all these shadows get bigger

..................C#m.........A
bigger every night

another night another rope burn
Well I guess that it was my turn
to wash a little pain down
maybe you were just a decoy
it doesn't matter much to me boys
covered up the voices that
I don't want to hear
I let myself go again
I tried to lay low but it's real hard to be alone
I know I never take my own advice
I get tired of playing nice
and I cut right to the bone

I can't myself be good
I wish I could
somewhere my conscience turned to petrified wood
I can't make myself do right
on Friday night
where all these shadows get bigger
bigger every night


..D#m............B
I can't myself be good

B
I wish I could

F#.......................................................C#
somewhere my conscience turned to petrified wood

D#m.....................B
I can't make myself do right

B
on Friday night

F#....................................C#
where all these shadows get bigger

..................D#m.........B
bigger every night

Deep Dark Woods - All the Money I Had is Gone

G.............Am....................F
I've been waiting here for days

G...........Am......F
trying to catch a break

G.....................Am
but the way I'm living

...............F........................C
it's gonna cause my heart to ache

G................Am..................F
cause all the money I had is gone

G.......Am..................F
all the money I had is gone

I've been high and I've been low
I've been east and I've been west
but the way it goes
I'll never get any rest
cause all the money I had is gone
all the money I had is gone

the wayward son
he never gets nothing done
if I had some money
I'd be on mine
cause all the money I had is gone
all the money I had is gone

all the green hand
that live around this land
they'll be wiped away
come judgment day
cause all the money I had is gone
all the money I had is gone
all the money I had is gone
all the money I had is gone

I can weep and I can cry
I can wonder why

Drag the River - Amazing G.

G
Well she paid with silver dollars

.............C............................G
and she danced from bar to bar

G
Then she parked her rusty trailer

..................D
down in the holler

..............G
Well she once believed in Jesus

............C..........................G
but she never believed in love

....................................D.............G
now she worships at the alter of alcohol

She wont falter when you dare her
to get up, dance on the bar
she'll just strip down except highheels
and strut around
She's got a way of giving thanks
make sure you'll never forget her name
Before you pass out you'll say a prayer about Amazing Grace

She never dreamed of finding true love
She never dreamed that day was near
Until she stumbled into the mens room
and found me there
Well now I treat her just like a wonder
I hold her hair back when she throws up
But I still find her down in the gutter
Drinking with the bums

She's out looking for her lover
She will never have to wonder
cuz she'll never spend another night alone

The Star Room Boys - Gastonia

D
I can't believe I ever woke up

G......................D
without her here before

.......A
all I know is that I can't do that right

G................D
alone anymore


D
another late night has become

..G..........................D
a day I never hoped I'd see

.........G..................................D
and I don't know what she's thinking

................................A
but it's surely not of me


D
she was alone the night I met her

..G....................D
alone deep in her eyes

...............A
now she's heading for her hometown

...........G.........................D
with the trucks on eighty five

....G...............D
as clear shiny crystal

.............................G
the hardest kind of blue

..................................D
I'll take a pass on the smoke and the gas

A...............................D
I'm bound to get there too


D
oh my love I've got to find

.......G.....................D
over backroad twenty nine

...G...............D
Gastonia she came from

................................A
back there she's gone I pray

..............D
but if she don't want to be found

...........G...................D
in that little redneck town

.........G.................D
I'll be crying to her momma

..............A......................D
when the sun goes down today


G.........................D
Gastonia wants to forget her

........................A
Gastonia I never will

.....D
Carolina how I love

.................G....................D
your rolling waters by the sea

.............G.................................D
but that inland town drags me down

...............................A
and roves right over me


..D
I followed behind her

.........G..............D
is she up there at all

.....................A
Lord please help me make the border

G....................D
before I hit the wall

............G.....................D
and the flowers that I bought her

................................G
lay beside me getting dry

.........A
I'll be chasing her forever

....G....................D
I'll never find out why

oh my love I've got to find
over backroad twenty nine
Gastonia she came from
back there she's gone I pray
but if she don't want to be found
in that little redneck town
I'll be crying to her momma
when the sun goes down today
I'll be crying to her momma
when the sun goes down
down today

Jason Isbell - Sunstroke

Capo II


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Em.......................................G
they tell me you walk on the water now

Em............................................G
but I know who showed you the stones

Em................................G
pray that I manage my appetite

.............C
lie there alone

I hope that you practiced your instrument
I fear it will take you away
you ain't you the type to be traveling
so why not just stay


Am.........................G
here it is morning for some folks

Am...........................G
twilight for those of us left

Am..................................G
sleep while the soldiers get sunstroke

F.............................Em
make little fools of ourselves
make little fools of ourselves

are we supposed to get good at this
what does it mean to give up
why did I call you
I shouldn't be giving a fuck

answer these questions for everyone
so maybe they'll stop asking me
what really happened
where is your masterpiece

here it is morning for some folks
twilight for those of us left
give up the dangers of sunstroke
make little fools of ourselves
make little fools of ourselves

tell me you walk on the water now
tell me you walk on the water now
tell me you walk on the water now
I know I showed you the stones

tell me you walk on the water now
tell me you walk on the water now
tell me you walk on the water now
I know you go here alone

here it is morning for some folks
twilight for those of us left
sleep while the soldiers get sunstroke
make little fools of ourselves
oh we make little fools of ourselves

I need some thing to look forward to
maybe these colors will fade
I never meant to get bored with you
but I never meant to stay

Doug Burr - Graniteville

Capo III


G
just a boxcar flower used to follow your daddy

Em
another freighter in from Cincinnati

C
you were always watching

..................................G
watching the train roll by

yeah you know baby everything he carried
another red eye: Mobile, Albany
you were always watching
watching the train roll by


G
so tell me what's going on in Graniteville

............D
catch a whole town underneath the sleeping pill

........Am
it's a quiet little city grew up together

...............C
with your picture looking out your grandmother's window

it's a black train running through the middle of the night
finds us here well there's nowhere to hide
if you ever wake up here in Graniteville
ah you know how much I love you and I always will

trying so hard to just get away
some people wanna die in a quiet place
everybody's always watching
watching the trains roll by

yeah if you have a place to go and it's never enough
well hard paying toll and the train's in a rush
that town's always waiting
waiting girl to get back

..............D
yeah but every town's small when it comes to you

......Em
like everyone's asleep when it's passing through

C................................................................G
tonight I heard the screaming of a million tongues

so wake up pretty baby turn the light on
tonight there's something different something gone wrong
we've been sleeping too long
so long

so tell me what's going on in Graniteville
catch a whole town underneath the sleeping pill
it's a quiet little city grew up together
with your picture looking out your grandmother's window

it's a black train running through the middle of the night
finds us here well there's nowhere to hide
if you ever wake up here in Graniteville
ah you know how much I love you and I always will

G
wake up baby

.............D
there's a train a coming

Am
don't you leave me

C
or forsake me

wake up baby
there's a train a coming
don't you know how
much I love you

wake up baby
and hear the screeching
there's a whole town drifting
off to dreaming

wake up baby
there's a train a coming
winter leaving
spring has sprung and

wake up baby
hear the screaming
the whole town dies while
it's still sleeping

wake up baby
there's a train a coming
don't forget you
know I love you