Capo 2nd Fret. This version has the actual lyrics, I checked.
You'll notice on this lead-sheet that a chord will be placed above a word either at the
start or
end of the word. If it's at the beginning, you change to that chord as you start the
word. If it's at the end of
the word, you'd change to that chord after you've said the word. That's how he sings it
at least.
I made this version because the other one only has C-G-Am and the C-G-F-Am works much
better with the how his
voice sounds in the song, which I'm assuming most of you will be basing your playing off
of or trying to match.
Listen to the song for how to strum.
C
I hear the train all night
G F G C
Sound of it's wind blowing through our subtle lives
C G
And I have a job to do walking these cars
Am G C
Walking all this sleep to get to you
Am C
But I don't feel you stir beside me
Am G
And you're not in my morning hours
C
Some ties are made to break
G F G
Some stalks grow high and green to rot away
C
And feel the weight
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C
And these lines tell a truth
G Am G C
These city veins answer all we do
Am C
So could you keep me in the pulses
Am G
Could you keep me in the sound
C G
I got wise and I got old
F G
Not once, not once did I fall
C
So don't you now
C
Maybe you bet on me
G F G
While we were still young enough to know
C
What to believe
C
For every year you took
G F G
For every soft breath or loving look
C
Believe me
Am C
And don't keep me like you have me
Am G
And don't kiss me like you don't
C G
I got wise and I got old
F G
Not once, not once did I fall
C
So don't you now
C
Some land holds a home
G F G C
Some of my years only hold me to roam
C
But I tell myself it's true
G F G
You see a home you see a man
C
You see it too
Am C
And I say
