Austin Lucas - Go West

Capo V

D

.........F#m.

Oh no malice does exist

............G.........................G/F#

in these words I am now writing

................Em

Although one might catch

..................................A

the faintest glance at sorrow

............Bm

I'm but trying hard to grasp

............G

all these fragments as they're passing

...............Em

Piece the puzzle now

...................................A

before the trail grows cold

....................G
And I'm not asking for the answers

...F#m

in mathematical equations

........Em............D/F#

to be culled and calculated

..........G

by unbiased hands

G

For at truth I am so stricken

.........A

And I dare only to forever dance

.........D..........................................G

Which proves I am the better broken half

...............................A....................D

Oh and I am but the bitter better half

In my callous speculations
They leave no room for calm or reason
I have placed myself in altars that are hollow
So adept at finding weakness
I smell fear and close my fists
Unaware the stench I'm smelling is my own
So yeah, you left me and I'm bitter
And my pride is shocked and raw
For I believe I will be changing roads no more
I know that life is full of dead ends
But I saw us as a highway
Ever stretching on from coast to golden coast
Oh, but now instead I'm singin'

D.............A
Go west, Emily

.................G........................A

Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere

....D..................A................G

I'll find another lover in the east

.........D............A

I said go west, Emily

..............Bm...........................G

Yeah you know you've got my blessing

.............D............................A........G

But you can't expect these eyes of mine

...................D

to watch you leave

So with no malice I'll begin just once more to tell our story
Though the ending I may never hope to know
You were a sweet and sound companion
Though our paths led us apart
And I may never sleep so soundly as I did while in your arms
Now all I ask is you remember who you loved and who you lost
Please don't bury me in silence
Or blackest shroud of thought
Don't pretend that what we had was any less than what it was
For I will not soon be forgetting the reasons why we fought so hard to make it work

But go west, Emily
Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere
I'll find another lover in the east
I said go west, Emily
You know you've got my blessing
But you can't expect these eyes of mine to watch you

Go west, Emily
Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere
I'll find another lover in the east
I said go west, Emily
You know you've got my blessing
But you can't expect these eyes of mine to watch you leave

Austin Lucas - Shoulders

Capo II

Em

someone had stolen me

.......C

and choked the life I crave

.......G

on a pale horse he did ride

.......D

and sing my songs

I touched then and feared

that the dark woods spread indeed

and leave hollow shells of friends

and strangers all

......F.......C................G

but still I bore the gift of life

D

somehow

and you'd asked me if my breast

was filled with embers or with ash

was hope or despair

upon my crown

and mother sweet mother don't you

worry on your son

for my heart contains a fire

that shall burn long

.................C...........D

and I shall lay my head

..........G........G/F#.......Em

in the valley with my friends

.....C...........................D

I'll quit my scheming ways

.............Em

and rest again

....................C...........D

cause I shall lay my head

..........G.............G/F#......Em

on the shoulders of great men

......C.................D.................G.....C......D

and live my life until its honest end

and so brick by brick I tell myself

slowly build a home

anchor now before

the storm rolls on

find a new Jerusalem

and build your willing wall

see not the sea and life

wondering alone

oh yes lay your head

in the valley with your friends

oh quit your scheming ways

and rest again

oh yes lay your head

on the shoulders of great men

and live your life until

its honest end

oh yes lay your head

on the shoulders of great men

and live your life until

its honest end

Austin Lucas - Singing Man

Capo IV

D...A...G...D
D...C...G
D...A...G...D
D...C...G...A

.......D....................A
on a long winding road

...............G...............D
neath the passing of crows

D..........................C.................G
sat a girl speaking soft to the heavens

and though so crowned with locks of gold
she was without companion
but not without hopefuls to walk her home

and as the liberty would be mine
on one night in the autumn
I took care to be more than a dance

for she'd been courted by kings
but the kings were not worthy
and the path unto her heart would elude them

......Em................A
so I followed her home

.......F#m...............G
until breathlessly I said

...............D.........................C.................G
here's my hand won't you take it oh won't you, oh

I may be small in your eyes
compared to the mighty
but won't you love this poor singing man

so like water molds the earth
I was swept up in the current
but I held fast and Lord I saw her turning

like some dark and foreign sky
she was fierce and yet silent
as she held this poor singing man

I had followed her home
until breathlessly she said
here's my hand won't you take oh won't you, oh

you are not weak and not small
in my eyes you are mine
I do love you, oh, singing man
I said I do love you, oh, singing man
I said I do love you, oh, singing man

on a long winding road
neath the passing of crows
sat a girl speaking soft to the heavens

Austin Lucas - Fountain of Youth

D
if I were a little wiser here's what I'd do

............G....................................................................D
well I'd go down south and drink from the fountain of youth

..............A
we could live

..............G..................D
we could live forever there


if I were a little kinder here's what I'd do
well I'd never say another cruel word to you
you would love me
you would love me again

A..................................G......................D
sometimes I live in the country or the town

A................................................G...............D
sometimes I wanna jump in the river and drown

.........G...........................D
lately I've been hanging round

.......G....................D
with nothing in my head

............G.....................D
and it's better off than dead

..............G.......................D
ain't that just what Jesus said

...........................A
or something like that

....G.....................D
or something like that

if I were a little faster here's what I'd do
well I'd jump on the highway doing 92
and I'd see
your pretty face again

if I were a little smarter here's what I'd do
well I'd go to a church, I'd say a prayer for you
we could be
we could be together then

sometimes I live in the country or the town
sometimes I wanna jump in the river and drown
lately I've been hanging round
with nothing in my head
and it's better off than dead
ain't that just what someone said
or something like that
or something like that