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Ryan Adams : Misc: Whiskeytown

  1. 16 Days
  2. Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight
  3. Houses On The Hill
  4. Jacksonville Skyline

16 Days
1997

From Stranger's Almanac
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Got sixteen days, one for every time I've gone away
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One for every time I should have stayed
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Should have wore my wedding ring Got sixteen days, fifteen of those are nights Can't sleep when the bed sheet fights Its way back to your side
G
Well, the ghost has got me running Well, the ghost has got me running
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C
Away from you, away from you, away Well, the ghost has got me running Well, the ghost has got me running Away from you, away from you, away Got sixteen days, got a bible and a rosary Got I wish that you were close to me I guess I owe you an apology Got sixteen days, fifteen of those are nights Can't sleep when the bed sheet fights Its way back to your side Well, the ghost has got me running Well, the ghost has got me running Away from you, away from you, away Well, the ghost has got me running Well, the ghost has got me running Away from you, away from you, away
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Old tin cups, little paper dolls
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All wrapped up in ribbons, bows and hearts Old tin cups and little paper dolls All wrapped up in the ribbons of your heart
Guitar solo over verse chords x2
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C
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I got sixteen days Sixteen days I got sixteen days It's like before I hang

Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight
1997

From Stranger's Almanac
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G
Em7
Em7
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Em7
Em7
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Em7
Well, excuse me if I break my own heart
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Em7
It's mine from the finish I guess, it's mine from the start
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G
Situation just don't seem so goddamned smart
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D
Situation is tearing me apart
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Em7
So you'll have to excuse me if I break my own heart
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Em7
Well, excuse me if I break my own heart tonight Some things are born too strong, have to learn how to fight Situation keeps me drinking every goddamned day and night Situation don't seem so right
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Em7
So excuse me if I break my own heart tonight
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Em7
Well, excuse me if I break my own heart tonight
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G
After all it's mine, after all it's mine
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After all it's mine, Can I have it back sometime? So if the rain falls down on your Mississippi talent, Your eyes drift easy in the mighty If the rain falls down on your Mississippi talent, Your eye's drift into mine You're on the road, but your diary entry reads blank Is this some sort of joke to you? Is this some sort of joke to you? So excuse me if I break my own heart tonight Well, excuse me if I break my own heart tonight After all it's mine, after all it's mine After all it's mine, Can I have it back sometime?
G

Houses On The Hill
1997

From Stranger's Almanac
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x2
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Well I found a bunch of letters they were written for the fella
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Who broke your Momma's heart
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G
And the envelope folds smelled of her ancient perfume
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G
I'll bet she didn't know
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C/b
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How to respond before the blankets of snow caught him out
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G
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wandering alone with no place to go
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G
And there were stars in the sky
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There were houses on the hill and there were bottles of pills
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That were easy to buy to keep her warm from the oncoming storm Well I found them in the north-west corner of the attic, In a box Labeled "Tinsel and Lights" Didn't know what I was looking for, maybe just a blanket or artifacts Eisenhower sent him to war He kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart and when he hit the shore he must of been a target for the gunnerman There were stars in the sky And there were bunkers on the hill and there were caskets to fill Where he would lie, shrouded in the red white and blue with the stripes And there were stars in the sky There were houses on the hill and there were bottles of pills That were easy to buy to keep her warm from the oncoming storm

Jacksonville Skyline
2001

From Pnemonia
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Well the banks of the river run through my hometown
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Born on the dirt roads, and I scraped my knees
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Well they paved the roads eventually
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With neon signs and car dealerships and diners
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Am
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The soldiers fill the hotels on the weekends
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Am
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I saw the pretty women as I walked through town Well I moved away soon as I turned sixteen Figured I was old enough to go and work a job Well I floated down main street pools of car lights Overcame me wishin' I was still back home The soldiers fill the hotels on the weekends I saw the pretty women as I walked through town Jacksonville's a city with a hopeless streetlight Seems like you're lucky if it ever changes red to green I was born in an abundance of inherited sadness With 50 cent picture frames bought at a five and dime I ended up a soldier on the weekend Looking for a vacancy I wasn't able to find Somewhere the night sky hangs like a blanket Shoot it with my cap gun just to make it seem like stars