Dry The River-Bible Belt

Intro

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If you listen to the song you’ll kow when to leave out the hammer on/pull offs

Verse
Intro riff
‘Lo and behold your mother is drinking again
This might be the coldest winter since records began
You were alone and steady with wintry calm
Leading the children softly across the fold

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Intro riff
Each morning you march your sisters like soldiers to school
‘Cause lo and behold your father has drunk quite a few
You were alone and steady with wintry calm
Somewhere inside the fire of your youth went dark

But you swear blind there is no weight in the water pail
You say ‘my love, you take the cards that you’re dealt’
Cause there’s no guiding light arcing a line to Bethlehem
If it’s dark outside, you light the fire yourself

Darling when the ice caps melt
When the devils in the bible belt
Don’t you cower in your bed
I’ll be at the five-four-five
You can meet me at the railway line
Don’t look so scared

’Cause we’ve been through worse than this before we could talk

And the trick of it is, don’t be afraid anymore
Oh, the trick of it is, don’t be afraid anymore

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Verse: 2
Such overexacting and delicate acting,
I never know why,
Is it peace of mind,
Maybe all that I need,
is that you’d be straight with me tonight,

Reff: 1
Half the town is underground, and half are halfway there,
and we’re the only good ones left,

(Increase strums)

Chorus:
If there’s a tremor in earth, love
a ripple in the water,
come back to haunt you,
keeping you awake,
I heard it before now,
that we don't listen very much,
to alarms in the heart, love,

Bridge: Am G x2

Verse: 3
The spiritual fabric is sex and its magic,
it’s kind of a hell,
but I tell myself,
it’s the end of the world and it makes no difference to me now,

Reff: 2
Half the town is underground, and half are halfway there,
and we’re the only good ones left,
Always argue down and out,
and you’ll be in the clear,
it’s just the way it is, I guess,

(Strum and hold each chord)

Chorus:
If there’s a tremor in earth, love
some ripple in the water,
come back to haunt you,
and lie awake,
I heard it before now,
that we don’t listen very much,
to alarms in the heart, love,

If there’s a tremor in earth, love
a ripple in the water,
come back to haunt you,
keeping you awake,
I heard it before now,
that we don’t listen very much,
to alarms in the heart, love,
okay

C F Am repeat till end.

You ar[C/F]e the string in my bow.

Biblic[C/F]al Mary to Joe.

The North isn’t true ‘til it’s leading me to you.

You ar[C/F]e the way that I know.

Under the weight of belief
You shiver and shake like a leaf.
But death is a force, not a man on a horse:
I’ll keep you safe while you sleep.

We fight those demons day in and day out,

Day in and day out, day in and day out

And fight those demons day in and day out
Day in and day out, day in and day out
And fight those demons day in and day out
Day in and day out, day in and day out
Day in and day out, day in and day out