Live demo of the main riff here: https://youtu.be/mdhUvQdxHH8?t=1m52s
ORDER: I V1 PC1 INT1 V2 PC2 C INT V3 V4 PC3 C O
[INTRO]
Cm7
(drums)
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[VERSE 1]
Cm7
Lord, keep these mouths from longing,
Cm7
Keep these walls from falling.
Cm7
I put my time in plenty.
Cm7
Provide for my family.
[PRE-CHORUS 1] - ending chords are implied
Cm
Or have I been remiss? (Or have I, have I been remiss?)
Cm
Or have I been remiss?
(Or have I, have I been
Cm/Eb Gm7/D Cm
have I been remiss?)
[INTERLUDE 1]
Cm | | | |
[VERSE 2]
Cm7
Her heart is cooling on me. (On the road again)
Cm7
We confer through our baby. (On the road again)
Cm7
He’s walking talking New Orleans. (On the road again)
Cm7
What am I to my family? (On the road again.)
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
Cm
Oh, have I been, have I been remiss?
[CHORUS]
F Cm
And we’ve lived behind walls that have made us alone
F Cm
Searching for pieces that may be a home
F Cm
How in the world is another one gone?
Eb
Howling the words
D C
Down, down, down...
[INTERLUDE]
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[VERSE 3]
Cm7
(...)
Lord, keep these wheels a turning,
Cm7
(I’m always rolling through the world)
Keep, these roads from burning.
Cm7
(She’s walking talking, louder again)
I put my time in. Spare me.
Cm7
(It’s never stopping, you know)
Have mercy, forgive me.
[VERSE 4]
Cm7
So, trip the path unbeaten
Cm7
Its all I know to give them
Cm7
Whisper a prayer in tatters
Cm7
And hope it matters.
[PRE-CHORUS 3]
Cm
And hope it matters.
I hope it matters...
[CHORUS]
F Cm
And we’ve lived behind walls that have made us alone
F Cm
Searching for pieces that may be a home
F Cm
How in the world is another one gone?
Eb
Howling the words
D Cm
Down, down, down...
[OUTRO]
Cm | | Bb/C | Bb |
Cm | | Bb/C | Bb |
Cm | | Bb/C | Bb |
Ab | | Gm | Fm Eb |
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F/C | |
Cm | |
Eb
