Pirate Blues Chords & Tabs
in E flat tuning play standard chord forms
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 Em
Before you, your mom and your dad used to smoke in the Texas sun.
G
They were young once too.
G Cadd9 G
And your mom she found Jesus,
Cadd9 Em
while your old man stepped out and drew up his veins.
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
G Cadd9 G
It's quiet in the house of the old.
Cadd9 Em G
You can hear through grinding teeth, clocks taking their tool.
G Cadd9 G
'Cause time has a mind of its own,
Cadd9 Em
Like our sun spinning around.
It wont slow for you now.
G Cadd9
Oh I wanna catch in a song,
G
Notes I don't hear yet.
Cadd9
But I will when I'm gone.
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G Cadd9 G
I've been pouring my heart up,
Cadd9 Em
Up through the floor boards,
But you don't live here anymore.
G Cadd9
Oh you wanna catch in a lens,
G Cadd9
Color your green eyes don't see just yet.
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
G
The horse man,
Cadd9 G
They all blow out their torches.
Cadd9 Em
I can still see you shining out.
G Cadd9 G
But you sleep in a bed for a giant,
Cadd9 Em
While you wait for your love to come home.
G G G Cadd9 G G G
But you don't know, she's not coming back.
G Cadd9
Oh I wanna find out I'm wrong.
G Cadd9
And every road leads us home.
G Cadd9 G
Oh but I'll never know, 'cause i keep my eyes closed
Cadd9
And only go where I've been before
[G Cadd9 G Cadd9]X2
G G G Cadd9 G G G G G G Cadd9 G
Oh say you don't know, if you don't.
