Dead Melodies Chords

Standard Tuning EADGBe
 
 
Intro: C G F Am A   Dm G C G G7
 
 
Verse 1:
 
C              G        F          Am A
Where will you go when this day is over?
  Dm        G      C           G   G7
A gambler's purse lays on the road....
Am                    D                      G
Straight to your door snakes have gone crazy tonight
Gm             Dm          G    G7
winding their way out of sight 
 
 
Verse 2:
 
  C        G       F         Am A
A laugh, a joke a sentiment wasted
Dm          G        C                G    G7
Seasons of strangers they've come and gone....
Am                     D                             G
Soldrums are pounding, cheapskates are clowning this town
Gm           Dm              G   G7
Who could disown themselves now?
 
 
Instrumental Break: C G F Am A   Dm G C G G7 (x2)
 
 
Verse 3:
 
C   G     F              Am  A
Engineer, slow down this old train
Dm          G     C            G      G7
Cinders and chaff laugh at the moon....
Am                       D                       G
Night birds will cackle, rotting like apples on trees
Gm             Dm       G         G7
sending their dead melodies....to me
 
 
 
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