Our separation seems forever
I’ll do it if it’s what you like.
Go take your bags to New York City
call me when your plane arrives.
I’ll feed the children wash the dishes.
I’ll keep the house lookin’ nice.
Well don’t you worry now everything’s gonna be alright.

It’s been snowin’ this October
turning grass into grain.
Do you see much past your hotel window
Friday nights with your gang?
I can only hope that things were different.
Darlin’ do you feel the same
every time you’re drinkin’ wine in the rain?

Ooh, Ooh
E G#m(barre) A(barre) E
All you said you’ve seen is my face in a magazine
my hair slicked back and clean or so it seemed.
E G#m(barre) A(barre) E
Now anyone can say that a man shouldn’t live this way
so take your pretty poison right to the grave. We’ll never change.

Bridge:
Hit these one strum each


I sold our house the 3rd of December
we’re livin’ where our feet done land.
The babies screams they might get to heaven
but they’re buried far ‘neath the sand.
All I know’s my mind’s done thinking
my mouth’s doin’ what it can
to keep the rhythm and put a nickel back in your hand.

Ooh, ooh
E G#m(barre) A(barre) E
All you said you’ve seen is my face in a magazine
my hair slicked back and clean or so it seemed.
E G#m(barre) A(barre) E
Now anyone can say that a man shouldn’t live this way
so take your pretty poison right to the grave.
We’re dancing naked out in the rain.
Put your own pen to the page
We’ll never change.

Outro, like the Bridge:
C#m B Aadd9 G#m F#m B(barre
on 7)

Come on down, from that tree little daniel.
Come on down, the winds are getting cold.
They found your brother naked, alone, crying out in the storm
Screaming god, god, my god, god i’m coming home.
Tell my mother, I’m burried down in the sand.
Tell my father, I made it to the promised land.
Tell my brother daniel, to forgive me if he can.
For claiming war, war, war, that war makes you a man.
So you, so you say, you never wanted war![C/G]
So you, so you say, that’s what love is for.[C/G]
So you, so you say, you never wanted war![C/G]
Then what, lord, what the hell is all this fighting [C/G]for.
fighting for!
Fighting for!

(Repeat first verse and Chorus)

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CHORDS USED

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Am: Em: F G Dm
E-0 E-0 E-1 E-3 E-1
B-1 B-0 B-1 B-0 B-3
G-2 G-0 G-2 G-0 G-2
D-2 D-2 D-3 D-0 D-0
A-0 A-2 A-3 A-2 A-0
E-0 E-0 E-1 E-3 E-0

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INTRO/BREAKS

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On the G he does this really cool bounce back thingy, like this:

[E-333-3]B-000-0
G-000-0
D-000-0
[A-333-2]
[E-333-3]
Listen and you’ll know where it goes. It’s present throughout the intro, verses and breaks.

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VERSES

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If I wrote it in your letter, then it don’t mean sht.

I am a liar, a dirty wire.

You could name my body, but it’ll make you sick.

You had a savior, it’s your, your heart of anger

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CHORUS

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But my dog ain’t nothin’, he ain’t nothin’ like my lover.

Ain’t nothin’ like my lover at all.

He will sit upon my shoulder, let the dark day cover,

The dark day cover me up.

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BRIDGE

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I heard a lady singing, “We’re all bound together,”

la-la-la-la-la.

I joined her side by saying, “To dance beneath the heavens,”

la-la-la-la-la

la-la-la-la-la

la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
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LYRICS

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If I wrote it in your letter then it don’t mean sht.
I am a liar, a dirty wire.
You could name my body, but it’ll make you sick.
You have a savior, it’s your, your heart of anger.

But my dog ain’t nothin’, he ain’t nothin’ like my lover.
Ain’t nothin’ like my lover at all.
He will sit upon my shoulder, let the dark day cover,
the dark day cover me up.

I got two half dollars underneath my bed.
One for my baby, one for the lady
on the sixth floor found me when my mind was dead.
Buy what they tell you, but I’m, I’m here to save you.

But my dog ain’t nothin’, he ain’t nothin’ like my lover.
Ain’t nothin’ like my lover at all.
He will sit upon my shoulder, let the dark day cover,
the dark day cover me up.

I heard a lady singing, “we’re all bound together.”
La-la-la-la-la.
I joined her side by saying, “to dance beneath the heavens.”
La-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la.

Christ, your mother’s hanging on my bedroom door.
I’ll bet she’s pretty, Queen of the City.
If you burn all sinners, I may join your corps,
sing, “holy, holy,” till’ my, my day of glory.

But my Lord, you ain’t nothin’, you ain’t nothin’ like my lover.
Ain’t nothin’ like my lover at all.
You will sit upon my shoulder, let the dark day cover,
the dark day cover me up.