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