COVER ME UP
BY JASON ISBELL, FROM SOUTHEASTERN
INTRO: GUITAR INTERLUDE LIKE 1 LINE OF VERSE
*CAPO 2; KEY OF E
[VERSE 1]
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A heart on the run, keeps a hand on the gun, it can’t trust anyone
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I was so sure, what I needed was more, tried to shoot out the sun
Bm G D
In days when we raged, we flew off the page, such damage was done
D G D
But I made it through, ‘cause somebody knew, I was meant for someone
[CHORUS 1]
D G D
So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room
D G D
Someone needs medical help or the magnolia’s bloom
Em G Bm
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood
D G D
So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good
[Interlude]
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[VERSE 2]
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Put your faith to the test, when I tore off your dress, in Richmond all high
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I sobered up, and I swore off that stuff, forever this time
Bm G D
In the old lovers’ scene, I thought it’d be me, who helped him get home
D G D
But home was a dream, one I’d never seen, ‘til you came along
[CHORUS 2]
D G D
So girl hang your dress up to dry, we ain’t leavin’ this room
D G D
The Percy Priest break’s open wide and the river runs through*
Em G Bm
Carries this house on the stones like a piece of driftwood
D G D
Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good
[Interlude]
D G D
D G D
[CHORUS 1]
D G D
So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room
D G D
Someone needs medical help or the magnolia’s bloom
Em G Bm
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood
D G D
So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good
[TAG]
D G D
Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good
[Interlude]
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*Videos show Isbell capoed at 2.This chording makes some lead lines easier.
**Percy Priest is a lake and dam near Nashville.
