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