Intro
F# B F# B
[Verse 1]
B B/A# G#m
Oh country down
F# B
Where I found my proving ground
B B/A# G#m
All along the floodline
F# B
Wheels are turning around
F# B
The hills roll out like centuries
F# B
Pass by without a sound
F# E G#m F#
Just a mile outside of town
[Verse 2]
B B/A# G#m
Down-river bound
F# B
Where the limit to your sky fell down
B B/A# G#m
G# plot against your will
F# B
Is furrowed into your brow
F# B
Against your better judgment
F# B
It's all behind you now
F# E G#m F#
Just a mile outside of town
[Bridge 1]
C# E
What's the use in being found
G#m F#
When you can lose yourself in some good ground?
C# E
In the weeds hiding downriver right next door
G#m
There's no frame around your picture
F#
Just a view through my back door
[Harmpnica solo]
B B/A# G#m F# B x2
F# B F# B
F# E G#m F#
[Verse 3]
B B/A# G#m
Time evermore
F# B
You just found what you're looking for
B B/A# G#m
----- G# tiger rose
F# B
Growing through your prison door
F# B
Reaching for sunlight
F# B
Can't see it anymore
F# E G#m F#
Just a mile from my back door
[Bridge 2]
C# E
You could wake up on a lifeboat 'neath the sun
G#m
On a ladder up to the sky
F#
You're standing on the lowest rung
C# E
Holding a lifeline, using my best defense
G#m F#
Running in the undertow I couldn't fight against
[Verse 4]
B B/A# G#m
Oh lay me down
F# B
Where we found my proving ground
B B/A# G#m
All along the floodline
F# B
Waves are turning around
F# B
The hills roll out like centuries
F# B
Pass by without a sound
F# E G#m F#
Just a mile outside of town
[Outro]
F# B F# B G