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