Jason Isbell : Weathervanes

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Did you ever love a woman with a death wish?

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Something in her eyes like flipping off a light switch

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Fmaj7

Everybody dies but you gotta find a reason to carry on Oh, and did you ever catch her climbing on the rooftop? Higher than a kite, dead of winter in a tank top I don't wanna fight with you, baby, but I won't leave you alone

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The night was young once, we were the wild ones

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Before we had to pay attention to the violence

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Anything could happen but nothing ever really did I wanted action, she wanted answers Sunrise with the dealers and the dancers It takes a whole lot of medicine to feel like a little kid Oh, and did you ever love a woman with a death wish? Something in her eyes like flipping off a light switch Everybody dies but you gotta find a reason to carry on Oh, and did you ever catch her climbing on the rooftop? Higher than a kite, dead of winter in a tank top I don't wanna fight with you, baby, but I won't leave you alone Who's gonna save you? Who's left to pray to? What's the difference in a breakdown and a breakthrough? I saw her in the moonlight digging up the garden bed I wanna hold her until it's over Let her sleep through the morning on my shoulder But there's nothin' I could say to her that I ain't already said Did you ever love a woman with a death wish? Something in her eyes like flipping off a light switch Everybody dies but you gotta find a reason to carry on Oh, and did you ever catch her climbing on the rooftop? Higher than a kite, dead of winter in a tank top I don't wanna fight with you, baby, but I won't leave you alone

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When your words mean nothing

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When the world turns to monochrome

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And you know she's not bluffing

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'Cause you feel it in your bones

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Fmaj7

Feel it in your bones Oh, and did you ever love a woman with a death wish? Something in her eyes like flipping off a light switch Everybody dies but you gotta find a reason to carry on Oh, and did you ever catch her climbing on the rooftop? Higher than a kite, dead of winter in a tank top I don't wanna fight with you, baby, but I won't leave you alone

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I wanna hold her until it's over

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Fmaj7

I wanna hold her until it's over

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Oh I wanna hold her until it's over

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I wanna hold her

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I wanna hold her

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I wanna hold her

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Until it's over

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Fmaj7

I wanna hold her until it's over

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Oh, I wanna hold her until it's over

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From the album Weathervanes (2023)

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x3

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We'll take the copper from the work site

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Meet me here at midnight

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Cmaj7

They ain't got a camera or a guard

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Write my own prescription

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If I can't get a fix, son

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Shit's about to get real hard Molly don't believe me Says she's gonna leave me The kids won't even know my name Put a gallon in the step side With a little help By morning I won't feel no pain

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Never thought I'd wind up This far behind Just a couple years back we had it made I was emptying my bladder On a 20 foot ladder Should have climbed down and found myself some shade The doctor took a quick look And I got out the checkbook And left with a pocket full of pills Now my back's still hurting And I'm too weak for working And I can't keep up with all the bills

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Cmaj7

She used to wake me up with coffee every morning

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And I'd hear her homemade house shoes slide across the floor

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Cmaj7

She used to make me feel like the King of Oklahoma

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But nothing makes me feel like much of nothing anymore

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I was all set up to do it But some bastard beat me to it Ain't a copper pipe left on the lot Got a loan out on the truck But I'm running out of luck And the title is the only thing I've got Molly's gonna leave me Says she don't believe me I got nothing left to lie about She's going back to Bixby Tired of trying to fix me Says I got some shit to figure out She used to wake me up with coffee every morning And I'd hear her homemade house shoes slide across the floor She used to make me feel like the King of Oklahoma But nothing makes me feel like much of nothing anymore She used to wake me up with coffee every morning And I'd act like I was sleeping 'til she walked back through the door She used to make me feel like the King of Oklahoma But nothing makes me feel like much of nothing anymore

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x3

From the album Weathervanes (2023)

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B|-7-----7-------------3---------------------------7-----| x2

G|-7-7-----7-------4-----4-----------4---------7-----7---|

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A|-5-----------0-2-----------0-----5-----5-0-5-----------|

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There's a warm wind blowing through the laundromat

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There's a young man crying in a cowboy hat

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He got square-toed boots, so he ain't for real

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Wouldn't last five minutes on a pedal steel

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And I remember you at that place in Post

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You were thick cut bacon on Texas toast

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Prairie dogs popping up to see

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That strawberry woman sitting next to me

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Strawberry woman sitting next to me Monday morning, wake up slow It was Friday night two hours ago I'd sell the farm to see you smile But it might just happen if we wait a while I may go stay out in the woods Some time apart could do us good I've been to heaven in a Sixth Street bar Strawberry woman and an old guitar Strawberry woman and an old guitar

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Well, the highway's straight and the night's so still Barely have to touch the wheel But it hurts to move and it hurts to learn I just kept on going when I made a wrong turn I remember you looking up at me Drinking Irish whiskey on the Irish sea And we walked through weather and we walked through time Strawberry woman with her hand in mine Strawberry woman with her hand in mine

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I remember you when the bar was closed Dancing on the table with a bloody nose And you still look fine and you still look free Strawberry woman with your back to me Strawberry woman with your back to me

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I left my wallet in the hotel room

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They barely let me on the plane

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I didn't get a chance to check the news

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Somebody shot up a classroom again

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And when you said the cops just let 'em die

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I heard the shaking in your voice

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For a moment you began to cry

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Then I heard you make a choice

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We can find a time to fall apart

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Say the names of all the dead

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I'm still dreaming in my heart of hearts

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But something's changing in my head

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Swear you'll save the world

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When I lose my grip

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Tell me you're in control

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Swear you'll say the word

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When I start to slip

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You'll be the first to know Balloon popping at the grocery store My heart jumping in my chest I look around to find the exit door Which way out of here's the best The kid's looking for the candy aisle School's starting in a week Lady says you have a lovely child I'm too terrified to speak

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Can we keep her here at home instead

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Can we teach her how to fight

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Something's changing inside my head

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Something's drowning out the light Swear you'll save the world...

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Swear you'll save the world...

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Cadd9

Don't wash the cast iron skillet

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Don't drink and drive, you'll spill it

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Don't ask too many questions or you'll never get to sleep

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There's a hole inside you, fill it

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Shower up and shave, put flowers on the grave

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And ask the Lord to save his soul, although you know it's too late

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Was it 27 times, or was it 29?

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I heard the blade broke off inside the man and he took a while to die How did he get so low? Seems like just a week ago We were ten and twelve years old He was sweet and soft, shied away from the inside fastballs And died doing life without parole Don't wash the cast iron skillet That dog bites my kid, I'll kill it Don't walk where you can't see your feet Don't ask questions just believe it Jamie found a boyfriend with smiling eyes and dark skin And her daddy never spoke another word to her again The old man at the Quickstop lying to the county cops And laughing like his soul was without sin How did he get so low? Seems like just a week ago She was sitting on your shoulders watching fireworks in the sky He treats her like a queen, but you don't know 'cause you ain't seen It's hard to go through life without your daddy by your side Don't wash the cast iron skillet This town won't get no better, will it She found love and it was simple as a weathervane Her own family tried to kill it

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Don't wash the cast iron skillet Don't wash the cast iron skillet Don't wash the cast iron

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x4

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Baby, how'd you end up here

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In a Texas town in a wedding gown

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With a near beer? Baby, how'd it go so wrong And you don't belong? But I bet they all think you're sincere

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I've know you since your eyes were blue

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And I'd die before I'd lie to you

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And this ain't it, baby

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This ain't it, baby Lord knows I like to roll the dice And I don't give the best advice And this ain't it, baby This ain't it, baby Remember when you fell so hard You were seventeen, he was a libertine With a black card Remember how it fucked you up You were acting tough With a fake ID in the Crow Bar I've known you for your whole damn life You're more than just some rich man's wife And this ain't it, baby This ain't it, baby You know that there'd be hell to pay If your mama was alive today And this ain't it, baby This ain't it, baby

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Baby, let me take you home You'll love the place I got extra space and I stay gone Tell him what's on your heart And the hardest part Will be looking away from his cell phone Well I ain't always been around I build you up and let you down But this ain't it, baby This ain't it, baby I've known you since your eyes were blue I'd die before I'd lie to you But this ain't it, baby

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This ain't it, baby

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x20

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Baby, how'd you end up here? Oh, baby, how'd you end up here? Oh, baby, how'd you end up here? Oh, baby, how'd you end up here?

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Baby, how'd you end up here........?

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Oh, baby, how'd you end up here? Oh, baby, how'd you end up here?

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Baby, how'd you end up here........?

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x4

Capo:

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The lead into the long bridge part (from capo at 5):

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Chords for the bridge (under the lead part above) can be played like this:

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A|-0--0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5--5-7--4-2-0--0-0--5--8b--|

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x8

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Coming home early, catching on late Guess I had too much on my plate Wish it was as simple as somebody done somebody wrong I'm coming home early, catching on late

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There's miles between us

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But boy, you should've seen us when we met

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I loved your anger and

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The way you'd catch a stranger in your net

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She'll be driving in the fall And we'll sit up waiting on the call As she leaves, I'll tell her don't get hurt and don't get pregnant, but She won't acknowledge me at all

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There's miles between us

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But boy, you should've seen us, she was scared to let go of my hand

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A tiny carnival, she said, "Daddy, is this just like Disneyland?"

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"Yes, it's just like Disneyland"

Instrumental verse and chorus

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In the name of survival, we get used to this In the name of forgiveness, we get bored For our own entertainment, we ball up our fists Take it out on the kid at the grocery store In the name of desire, we burn everything In the name of redemption, buy it back For our own entertainment, clip each other's wings Take it out on the kids when we can't keep track In the name of survival, we get used to this In the name of forgiveness, we get bored In the name of survival, we get used to this

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There's miles between us

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But boy, you should've seen us in the good old days

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It was just like Disneyland

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You didn't even see the hand that turned the page

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The hand that turned the page

Jason Isbell : Weathervanes
2023

Death Wish

King Of Oklahoma

Strawberry Woman

Save The World

Cast Iron Skillet

This Ain't It

Miles

Jason Isbell : Weathervanes 2023

Death Wish

King Of Oklahoma

Strawberry Woman

Save The World

Cast Iron Skillet

This Ain't It

Miles

Jason Isbell : Weathervanes
2023