Artist: Ben Nichols / Lucero
Song: Toadvine
Album: The Last Pale Light in the West
Tuning: Standard
Note: "[lyrics]" are sung on the CD but not in the printed lyrics
INTRO:
F Am Em F C F C C
VERSE 1:
F Am Em F
[I] rode myself into the ground, hell it’s almost over now,
C F C C
I don’t see nothing but the light
F Am Em F
Darkness filled my days, the rising sun has shown the way, [and]
C F C C
I Don’t see nothing but the light
Dm F
The preacher’s lesson, is simply Armageddon,
C G
The devil, he knows how to ride
Dm F
A killer of men, and no way to save them,
C G
Hell now we all have to die
F F
CHORUS:
F G
You wouldn’t think that out here, a man could simply run clear
Am Bb F Bb F
Out of country but, oh my... oh my, [Oh my... oh my]
C F C C
Nothing but the light
INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE:
F Am Em F C F C C
VERSE 2:
F Am Em F
They took my ears in Omaha, thought me dead but I weren’t all [and I]
C F C C
Left them bleeding in the mud
F Am Em F
Branded me for horse thievery, between my eyes for all to see [and I]
C F C C
Left them bleeding in the mud
Dm F
When this world was made, [it] was never meant to save
C G
Everyone in kind
Dm F
And I don’t believe, God much had me
C G
Had me much in mind
F F
CHORUS REPEAT:
INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE:
F G Am
Bb F Bb F
C F C C
ABRIDGED VERSE 3:
Dm F
So tell me barkeep, What is there to drink
C G
With just minimal risk
Dm F
Of blindness or death, it all tastes of ashes
C G
Seems that’s all we ever get,
F F
It's all we ever get
REPEAT CHORUS AS FINALE:
--crookedpath
