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

Fmaj7

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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Fmaj7

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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 If I can't get a fix, son 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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Cmaj7

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Cmaj7

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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Cmaj7

But nothing makes me feel like much of nothing anymore

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Cmaj7

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Cmaj7

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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From the album Weathervanes (2023)

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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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x8

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Well, I tried to open up my window

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And let the light come in

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I step outside in the middle of the morning

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And in the evening again Yes, I tried to be grateful for my devils And call them by their names But, I'm tired by the middle of the morning I need someone to blame

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I know you're scared of me, I can see it in your face

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I can feel it in the way you move around this place

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I know you're scared of me, I can see it in your smile

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Like an unattended child you can't quite trust But I'm tired of steppin' on your shadow And feeling in the way Yes, I'm tired by the middle of the morning I'm out of shit to say I ain't used to this, seein' everybody's hand I was raised to be a strong and silent Southern man I ain't used to this, a thousand days alone In my bed or in my head or in my phone Yes, I'm tired of livin' in the moment And sleeping through the dream I step outside in the middle of the morning And the roses hear the scream |

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I know you're scared of me, so I never get too close I just sit here on the tailgate like a farm-hand's ghost Watch the roses bloom, watch 'em wilt away and die Till I notice I've been cryin' this whole time Well, I tried to open up my window And let the light come in I step outside in the middle of the morning And in the evening again |

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x8

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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 And when you said the cops just let 'em die I heard the shaking in your voice 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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Capo:

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Are you looking to be alone

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Or can I sit with you awhile?

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I don't want to be a stranger anymore

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And you won't even have to smile We can talk about the rain How it can't seem to stop Something stupid like the football game Or I can tell you where to shop

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We're running out of options

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It's time to close the tab

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If you insist on being lonely

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Let me put you in a cab Are you looking for something easy? Do you need to feel alive? Do you crave a love that tears through your life Like a Category 5? My momma spent every day alone In a house with noise and names She got so tired of putting out fires She just laid down in the flames We're running out of options I've told you all my jokes If you insist on being lonely Can you leave a couple smokes?

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I could lie to you all night Say I saw you in a dream We don't have to get to know each other better Let it be just how it seems I won't ask you for your number Don't even need to know your name I'm too tired to get excited And I'm too old to be ashamed We're running out of options I'll give you time to think If you insist on being lonely Let me leave you to your drink

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We're running out of options I'll wait outside the door If you insist on being lonely I might wait a minute more

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Cadd9

Don't wash the cast iron skillet

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Cadd9

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

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Cadd9

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

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Cadd9

There's a hole inside you, fill it

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Cadd9

Shower up and shave, put flowers on the grave

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Cadd9

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

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Cadd9

Was it 27 times, or was it 29?

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Cadd9

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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Cadd9

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

Capo:

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I got a picture of us back when we were close Before we had somebody picking out our clothes But you always dressed in your Sunday best Even when we didn't have nowhere to go I got a picture of us playing in a bar And your shirt cost more than your guitar But you played so heavy and you always let me sing A couple even though you were the star

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I was the worse of the two of us

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But Rex's Blues wasn't through with us

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You were bound for glory and grown to die

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Oh, but why wasn't I?

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Why wasn't I? Saw a picture of you laughing with your child And I hope she will remember how you smiled But she probably wasn't old enough, the night somebody sold you stuff That left you on the bathroom tiles Got a picture of you dying in my mind With some ghosts you couldn't bear to leave behind But I can hear your voice ring, as you snap another B-string And you finish off the set with only five And for a minute there, you're still alive I was the worse of the two of us But Rex's Blues wasn't through with us You were bound for glory and grown to die Oh, but why wasn't I? Why wasn't I? |

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| It's not up to me to forgive you For the nights that your love had to live through Now you'll never need to look me in the eye I am the last of the two of us But the Fort Worth blues isn't through with us You've traveled beyond the Great Divide Oh, but why haven't I? Why haven't I?

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Capo:

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Daddy worked hard, momma worked harder

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Propped up on pain pills and pride

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They were just kids when I came in this world

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And I was a kid when they died They'd fight about money, they'd fight about fighting They'd fight about nothin' at all The car was still running when the deputy found 'em At the Shell by the Gunbarrel Mall

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Take me away from here

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No, I never belonged to this place

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Wish I could disappear off the edge of the earth Take me away from here No, I don't wanna fight for the rest of my life I ain't your volunteer I cried when I missed 'em, got lost in the system Foster homes passed me around The last one was nice, but I ran away twice And they gave up on tracking me down I met a girl, said she's from Chattanooga But I think she grew up out West Can't say I love her, but she's someone to talk to And I like the tattoo on her chest I found us a spot in the KOA camp-ground She says she sleeps good in the Scout But I got in a fight with the neighbor last night And they'll probably be kicking us out Some nights I dream that I'm in Colorado Working a cannabis farm Some nights I dream that the ghost of my momma Is holding me tight in her arms Take me away from here No, I never belonged to this place Wish I could disappear off the edge of the earth someday Take me away from here No, I don't wanna fight for the rest of my life I ain't your volunteer

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Take me away from here Now she's licking the blade of a ten-dollar knife Wish I could disappear off the edge of the earth Take me away from here I'm nobody's man and she's nobody's wife I ain't your volunteer I ain't your volunteer I ain't your volunteer

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You're working too hard

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Or you're living too fast

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Hands over your eyes with a foot on the gas And the best I can tell The crowd seems ashamed It sounds like a warning when they call out your name The boy genius is grown now The competition got fierce And you'd rather be anywhere other than here

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But it can get so much worse

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And I reckon it will

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In Vestavia Hills Last night was a long one You made a lot of new friends And your band was on fire right up 'til the end You met a girl from the suburbs But you missed all the cues I bet you don't remember me tying your shoes The boy genius is grown now And you're an angry young man Well, I won't be around when you die in the van I got kids of my own Not much of a will In Vestavia Hills

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This run is my last one I gotta get off the road And gotta get my mind back in the family mode And I wish you the best, son I've seen worse do alright You're at war with your heart and you're too weak to fight The boy genius is grown now Your dreams all came true And now you're left with nothing but damage to do Well, I've got dreams of my own And my wife pays the bills In Vestavia Hills Vestavia Hills

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We were running through the red lights

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) In a hurry to get to nowhere

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In a white Beretta We'll go to Memphis in the morning To get it over with and in a couple days You'll feel a lot better I was raised in the church I was washed in the blood and we all were saved Before we even left home If his love is unconditional Why do I feel so miserable? Why are you digging your nails in the styrofoam?

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) Oh, and I just didn't know (

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) But that ain't no excuse For being who you are I thank you, and I'm sorry For what you went through I was sitting at a red light Listening to Son Volt May the wind take your troubles away Could have been somebody's father Couldn't boil a pot of water I was 19 years old in 1998 Raised in the church Washed in the blood and we all were saved Saved before we even left home I thank God you weren't brought up like me With all that shame and certainty And I'm sorry you had to go in that room alone It was so many years ago Oh, and I just didn't know But that ain't no excuse For being who you are I thank you, and I'm sorry For what I put you through |

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It was so many years ago Oh, and I just didn't know But that ain't no excuse I thank you for your grace For the dreams we got to chase For what you chose to do We were running through the red lights In a hurry to get to nowhere In a white Beretta

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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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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

Middle Of The Morning

Save The World

If You Insist

Cast Iron Skillet

When We Were Close

Volunteer

Vestavia Hills

White Beretta

This Ain't It

Miles

Jason Isbell : Weathervanes 2023

Death Wish

King Of Oklahoma

Strawberry Woman

Middle Of The Morning

Save The World

If You Insist

Cast Iron Skillet

When We Were Close

Volunteer

Vestavia Hills

White Beretta

This Ain't It

Miles

Jason Isbell : Weathervanes
2023