I made this tab because the other ones on here have a few wrong chords as well as wrong lyrics. These lyrics are straight from the liner notes, and the chords have been taken from the KEXP performance. As usual with Sam Beam, he embellishes with hammer-ons and pull-offs. If you watch the live performance, you can get a good idea of these. Standard Tuning Capo II Verse 1: Am Dm Dsus2 Well its cold, and you're bored G E Am Dm Dsus2 When you dream you're back home G E But the lakeside don't trust you to walk alone Am Dm Dsus2 Hollow trees, talk offhand G E All the neckties are toasting with empty cans Am Dm Dsus2 And you know why she's gone G E Like the clothes in the river, drifting on Chorus: Dm G Slide down south Am Cause once in a while your confidence leaves you Dm G Am E Like smoke falls out her red mouth Break: Am Dm Dsus G E (play twice with ooh's and aah's) Verse 2: Am Dm Dsus2 Well she left you the holes G E The tracks in the back yard, December snow Am Dm Dsus2 But those sad souvenirs G E They end at the fence line, and disappear Am Dm Dsus2 Why you'd follow her there? G E Milwaukee's a deaf ear for winter prayers Am Dm Dsus2 There's no night, there's no day G E With only hope in your pocket, and hell to pay Chorus: Dm G Slide down south Am Cause once in a while your confidence leaves you Dm G Am E Like smoke falls out her red mouth Outro: Am Dm Dsus2 G E
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