[Verse]
G D
There was a mountain on the table of bills that needed paid
Emin C
Dishes in the kitchen sink like dreams that never fade.
G D
A wild imagination, convicts in the yard,
Emin C
Never enough time to make ends meet
G D Emin C
So they put it on a credit card, don't we all?
[Verse]
C G D
You may not know just where you came from, but once upon a time
Emin C
There was a carpenter, a bartender, a broken fishing line.
G D
Just south of Royalty in the town that I came from,
Emin
There were architects and astronauts
C G D Emin C
But the only one she loved was a prison guard. Uhm hm
[Chorus]
Emin Amin7 D
And that's the only time I ever saw true love.
[Chorus]
G D Emin G
America's a girl I liked in Georgia
C G D
London kept me warm up in Eugene.
G D
I guess my mother bless her heart,
Emin G
Set the bar too high to start.
Amin7 G Emin
'Cause finding love for me is just too hard
D
For a son of a prison guard.
[Interlude]
G D Emin C 1x
[Verse]
G D
There's a gate that needed painting, clothes that needed clean.
Emin C
They'd say there's time enough for that when the fun has all been seen.
G D
'Cause when we're laying on our death bed, a promise we won't say
Emin C
Wish we would have worked more, baby
G D Emin C
Instead of loving you that way, no way.
[Chorus]
Emin Amin7 D
And that's the only time I ever saw true love.
[Verse]
G D Emin G
Sigourney is a girl I met in Brooklyn
C G D
Paris got me close in New Orleans
G D
I guess my mother bless her heart,
Emin G
Set the bar too high to start.
Amin7 G Emin
'Cause finding love for me is just too hard
D Emin
For a son of a prison guard.
[Break]
Emin D C
I go wherever you are, whoever you are
C Emin
I go wherever you are, whoever you are
Emin D C
I go wherever you are, whoever you are
C
I go wherever you are.
[Verse]
G D Emin G
Betty is a girl I knew in Charlotte
C G D
Jordan left for Sydney yesterday.
G D
I guess my mother bless her heart,
Emin G
Set the bar too high to start.
Amin7 G Emin
'Cause finding love for me is just too hard
D G End on G
For a son of a prison guard.
