Intro
A# D# (x4)
[Verse]
A# D# A#
I spring awake and the flames lick at my heels
A# D#
I fall and freeze in sentiments I’ve grappled with for years, like
Gm F D# A#
How I’ll give up everything for what I love to do
Gm F D# A# F
And how it all means nothing if it wasn’t all for you, old friend
Gm D# A#
I slam my fucking head into the wall again
[Chorus]
D# A# D# A#
Before you go, promise you’ll commit my bones
D# A# F A#
To the salty sand and stone on the Gulf of Mexico
A#/A Gm D# A# F
And when the tide rises to baptize the shore
D# A# F A#
Let the wind take me home via Albuquerque low.
[Interlude]
A# D# (x4)
[Verse]
A# D# A#
We sat and smoked on a speeding midnight train
A# D# A#
I arrived and mourned the fact that she would come and go again
Gm F D# A#
Hung up on the cities that we both wanted to leave
Gm F D# A# F
Speaking slow and somber like we liked the taste of air between our teeth
Gm D# A#
We watched the sun come up and faced reality
[Chorus]
D# A# D# A#
Before you go, promise you’ll commit my bones
D# A# F A#
To the salty sand and stone on the Gulf of Mexico
A#/A Gm D# A# F
And when the tide rises to baptize the shore
D# A# F A#
Let the wind take me home via Albuquerque low.
[Bridge]
A# Cm Gm D#
Crack your windows
A# Cm Gm D# A# Cm Gm D#
............on sleepless summer nights
A# Cm Gm D#
You will hear me
Cm
on the passing ocean breeze, as it softly carries me
[Chorus]
D# A# D# A#
Before you go, promise you’ll commit my bones
D# A# F A#
To the salty sand and stone on the Gulf of Mexico
A#/A Gm D# A# F
And when the tide rises to baptize the shore
D# A# F A#
Let the wind take me home via Albuquerque low.
D# A#
Woah
D# A#
Woah
D# A#
Woah