Wrinkle Neck Mules - Never Was The Bird

      Never Was the Bird - Wrinkle Neck Mules

Track 9 - I Never Thought It Would Go This Far (2015)
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Standard Tuning

[INTRO]
D Em G
D Em G

[VERSE]
D
Headed north out of North Alabama with the 
Em                      G
sun cutting through the clouds 
D
And the bruise still feels a little tender from the 
Em                 G
blows that took us down 
A
Lights went down and the cameras stopped rolling just as 
Em                    G
soon as we tuned them up 
A
Just another kind of common situation that 
Em                  G
follows us in our truck 
G                       D            A                G
Sometimes it makes you feel like the dawn won’t ever come 


[CHORUS]
D           Em            G
In the hand never was the bird 
D                   Em                 G           Bm
And the bushes were burned down to the black wood 
   A      D    G      Bm           
I never, oh I never 
A                       G
thought it would go this far

D Em G
D Em G

[VERSE]
D
All the sure things and the cigarette deals are 
Em           G
ashes in the tray 
D
Take them out spread them on the ground to
Em                 G
guide us on our way 
A
When you’re looking at the bottom of the barrel better 
Em                    G
soak up the lingering buzz 
A
Scrape up the change for the next 
      Em              G
22 to keep you going strong 
     D          A                G
That eastern horizon is lighting up 

[CHORUS]
D           Em            G
In the hand never was the bird 
D                   Em                 G           Bm
And the bushes were burned down to the black wood 
   A      D    G      Bm           
I never, oh I never 
A                       G
thought it would go this far

[SOLO]
D C G x4
A

[BRIDGE]
C        
Hold up now I see the 
D
rising of the fog 
C                       D
Amber beams are ringing true 
C
But on the breeze I hear the 
D                         A    G 
song of the Bush Stone-curlew

[CHORUS]
D           Em            G
In the hand never was the bird 
D                   Em                 G           Bm
And the bushes were burned down to the black wood 
   A      D    G      Bm           
I never, oh I never 
A                        Em   G  Bm
thought it would go this far
  A      D    G      Bm           
I never, oh I never 
A                        G        
thought it would go this far

D