Intro
| C | C . . G | C | C . . G | C | C . . G | C | C . . G | C <> |
4/4: | Bm* Gmaj9 | G2 G6 | Bm* Gmaj9 | G2 G6 |
| Bm* Gmaj9 | G2 G6 | Bm* Gmaj9 | G2 G6
|Bm* Gmaj9
I was born in the state where my mother was raised
|G2 G6
With the children of soldiers, the children of slaves
|Bm* Gmaj9
And it's too much to take, the mind how it breaks
|G2 G6 |
The lessons, the stories, the shame and the glories and
3/4: |C |G |C |G |
All, they linger 'round . . . foxes and hounds . .
|3/4 |4/4 |3/4
|Am |G |Am Bm |
. Our souls are bound . . . . to older
4/4: |C D |C Em G |C D |C Em G |
Ground . . . . Oh-oh oh oh . . . . . .
|C D
Fell in love with a girl who's found love before
|Bm Em D
In the hands and the hearts of the people she wore
|C D
She's all that I see, but there's things in between
|Bm Em D
The fractures and fissures of all of the pictures we
3/4: |C |G |C |G |
Leave, they linger 'round . . . foxes and hounds . .
|Am |G |Am Bm |
. They're with me now . . . I can't lay them
4/4: |C |
Down . . .
|D G
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|D G
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|Em D |Em D
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded by . gho-osts
|D G
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|D G
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|Em D
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded by
|Em D |Bm* Gmaj9 |G2 G6 |Bm* Gmaj9 |G2 G6 |
. gho- osts (Oh-oh . . oh oh oh . . oh-oh . . oh oh oh)
|C D
So we keep them at home, the secrets and bones
|Bm Em D
The voices we hear so we're never alone
|C D
They tease and they taunt, they comfort and haunt
|Bm Em D
My mother and father and so many I'll never
3/4: |C |G |C |G |
Know, they linger 'round . . . foxes and hounds . .
|3/4 |4/4 |
|Am |Bm* Gmaj9 |G2 G6
. My hands are bou- ou- ou- ound
|D G
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|D G |Em D |Em D
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded, and I . . . . . . . .
|D G
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|D G
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|Em D |Em D
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded by . gho-osts
|D G
Oh, and I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|D G
And I feel it all around, I'm surrounded
|Em D |Em D |Bm* Gmaj9 |G2 G6 |
And I . feel it all arou-ou-ound (Oh-oh . . oh oh oh
|Bm* Gmaj9 |G2 G6 |
. . Oh-oh . . oh oh oh
|Bm* Gmaj9 |G2 G6 |
. . Oh-oh . . oh oh oh
|Bm* Gmaj9 |G2 G6 | Bm* <>
. . Oh-oh . . oh oh oh)
Chords:
Bm* = xx0432
Gmaj9 = xx0220 aka: Dmaj9(no 3rd)
G2 = xx0230 aka: Gsus2
G6 = xx0200 aka: D6add9(no 3rd)
Charted by Dexex
(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist,
I play songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not
tabs, which notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)