Drag the River - Tired & Fired

Capo II

........Bm...................D
Letters full of loveless lying 


Em.............................................G
say you'd rather leave than stay and try


..........Bm..........................Em
Lay my head down when I'm tired


................G
I'm always tired 


................D
I'm almost done


D..............................F#
I don't mind it, I'm without you

Bm.....................................G
didn't mind to wait until you'd gone


..........D............................Em
Lay my head down when I'm tired


................G
I'm always tired 


...............D
I'm almost done


I don't mind it, not seeing daylight
ain't afraid of darkness when it falls
Lay my head down when I'm tired
I'm always tired 
I'm almost done

F#....................................G
I know you ain't responsible only


D...............................................A
pushed away the feelings that you had


F#..................................G
Why it might be impossible only


D.......................................................A
staying awake with these feelings that I have


Bm..................................................G
afraid I found the thing that made you sad

Pull up all these lies 
say you'd rather leave than stay and try
Lay my head down when I'm tired
I'm always tired 
I'm almost done

I'm always tired
I'm always tired

Drag the River - Barroom Bliss

C.......................F..........................C

My mind doesn't work so well these days

C...................F..................C

I drink all my waking hours away

G

If I sit here long enough

G

maybe I think of something

.........C...............Am......G

that'll make you stay

something tells me not think at all
I sit in the darkness starin at the wall
This lonliness is hell
I search for drinks and things
to make me well

F...............Am
I spend my life staring

G............................C

through my bloodshot eyes

F............Am...............G

I'll never know where I belong

With eyes closed fast
I play photographs of you
You stare at me and wonder
how I'm doing
I tell you that I'm fine
That thought echoes through my empty mind

I close my eyes again

With barroom bliss and a strangers kiss
I'm home
Cause noone ever wants to be alone
I doubt that there is a way
I'll ever speak the words
that'll make you stay

my mind doesnt work so well these days

Drag the River - Song For Robin Reichhardt

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

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

I know I said we'd never part

Am..................C.............D

I remember that time of year

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

Maybe I won't sound the same

Am

But I'll be fine if no one

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

mentions her name


G.............................D
I need a song just like before

G......................................C

That one just don't cut it anymore

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

I'm impressed now its the end

...........................................Am

I'll let all the sad songs roll back in

Am

I'll be be fine if no one

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

mentions her name anymore

................G
Except for lying

.....................C

alone with the earth

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

all alone for a while

.................C..................................G

I'll feel like drivin' just away in the morning

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

All but I've been seeing myself

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

The first time I might

So maybe I won't sound the same

Tell me I don't feel the same

But I'll be fine if no one
mentions her name

Think of how it was that night
and how you feel tonight
I'll be fine if no one

mentions her name anymore

Need a song just like before

The one don't cut it anymore

I'm impressed now it's the end

all those sad sounds roll back

I'll be fine if no one

mentions her name

Anymore

I'll survive it

Em...D...G

Drag the River - Medicine

G

A bottle a day

Bm

keeps the doctors away

D.........................Em

or so my girlfriend says

G

So I take my medicine

Bm

and she gives me something

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

that word's just can't express


.......G
She's cranky when she's sober

D

so sweet when she's wasted

...........C

When I quench my thirst with her waters

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

it's the sweetest I have ever tasted


C...G...C...G


As I lay down to sleep
she lays a bottle at my feet
knowing when I wake up
I'll be shaking
the sun comes through the window
she opens up the bottle
she feeds me my medicine again

She's cranky when she's sober

so sweet when she's wasted
When I quench my thirst with her waters

it's the sweetest I have ever tasted

C...............G

I can't stay clean long

.......................C................G

I hope she is not angry anymore

Em.................D.....................C

she brings me happiness in a bottle

................Am...........Em

makes life easier to swallow

..................G...........Am

makes love easier to hold

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

so I've been told


Em...G...Am...A

She's cranky when she's sober

so sweet when she's wasted

When I quench my thirst with her waters

it's the sweetest I have ever tasted

can't stay clean long
hope she's not angry anymore

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

Drag the River - Confession

Capo IV

G......................................D
Don't have to drink to confess

G.......................D.................C
It just makes it easier, I guess

G......................................D
I've been so lonely since you got to know me

Em.........C................G
I'll never get over it now

Lying here all the while
Well I'm lying here when I smile
You been kept waiting, you I've been hating
Losing you all of the while

C.............................................G
All of my friends have gone south

G.............................D
I'm getting over it now

C...........................................G
Talking with them doesn't count

..........Em.................C....................G
Well, there's better ways to fall down

I won't have to drink to get by
Well, maybe I'll make good in time
When you knew and kept waiting
I been hating this losing you all of the while

D...C...G

....Em..................G
Deciding how to act

...........................................D...........................C
Hey I'm burning all these things from my past
Deciding how to act
Hey I'm burning all these things from my past

Drag the River - Until I Say So

Intro: G..D/F#..Em..D..C

G....Am............................F....................C
if I could I would but you know I can't lie to you

G...Am...............F.......................C
if I could I'd say you say so and I'll say yes

G....D
sun burns so bright

Em.................D
I can't see the hurt in your eyes

G.............D..................Em
the moon buries itself behind the clouds

D...................................C
I can't tell what you're thinking about


G.........Bm........................C
will you let me stay for a while

........Cm.................................Am
don't forget me please don't cry

Am
just hold me close

......C..........................D
and don't let go until I say so
will you think of me when you smile
old memories bring tears to your eyes
just hold me close
and don't let go until I say so

if you would then I would be here for you when you need me
if you would then I would not do the things that made you leave me
stars flash and burn out
but I feel your eyes burning through me
the rainbow brightens up the day
leaves me hanging on to the few words you say

will you let me stay for a while
don't forget me please don't cry
just hold me close
and don't let go until I say so
will you think of me when you smile
old memories bring tears to your eyes
just hold me close
and don't let go until I say so

G..........D/F#.........Em..............D....................C
you only cross my mind every second every day
I need to unwind before I fade away

will you let me stay for a while
don't forget me please don't cry
just hold me close
and don't let go until I say so
will you think of me when you smile
old memories bring tears to your eyes
just hold me close
and don't let go until I say so

Drag the River - Lost Angel Saloon

G
Left home when you turned 18

C............................G
what'd you expect to find here

G
run around with every boy you meet

D
living on dreams and cheap beer

G
twenty one years are coming quick

C........................G
God I hope it happens soon

G........................D
let me be the first to welcome you

........C...........G
to the lost angel saloon

your pretty young face is aging fast
living this hard life
little sleep and a lot of speed
you'll be looking fine when you're out tonight

hopping box cars to dirty strip bars
don't it make your heart ache
let me be the first to welcome you
to the lost angel saloon

C.....................G.........G/F#.....Em
ain't talked to your mama in over a year

D/F#......G
her worst fears are realized

C...............D
I can tell just how you feel

..........Em....................A
when you show me your sad smile

C
can't cover it up

C................D..................Em
are you gonna die or get tougher

sunrise on new years day
laying on the beach
you clean up and put on your face
in the back of a limousine

your star is shining brighter than most
the memories hurt so you drink till they don't
let be the first to welcome you home
to the lost angel saloon

Drag the River - Crocodile

D..............G..A.....D
I know you're not that strong

D.........G...................G/F#......Em........G
but if you were we would've gotten along this time

D...........G
I was only hanging out

D....................Bm
Just waitin' for my wings

D..............G..........A.......D
Just wasting time with you it seems

I know you're not already there
because if you were you wouldn't mind what i said all the time
you were mistaken, i was misunderstood
i'd never hurt you if i could


Bm
The thing that i could never relate

.......F#m.......................F#
is the thing that i never would trade

G
trying not to settle down

.......A..................G
yeah, i'm trying all the time

D.......................D/C#
Hanging on breaking ground

Bm...........................A
sounding like some other sound

.......G......................G/F#
if you hear this anywhere tonight

...Em....G
it's a liar

So late at night on your radio
at the end of the dial but too slow to mind these times

I was only hanging out, waiting for my wings
Just wasting time with you it seems
You were mistaken
Oh and I was misunderstood
I'd never hurt you if I could
No I wouldn't hurt you if I could