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