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
Em D C G
How I’ll give up everything for what I love to do
Em D C G D
And how it all means nothing if it wasn’t all for you, old friend
Em 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/F# Em 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
Em D C G
Hung up on the cities that we both wanted to leave
Em D C G D
Speaking slow and somber like we liked the taste of air between our teeth
Em 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/F# Em 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 Am Em C
Crack your windows
G Am Em C G Am Em C
............on sleepless summer nights
G Am Em C
You will hear me
Am
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/F# Em 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