Capo on 1. Easy to play on acoustic. Enjoy
C
We wiped out all the Buffalo
Am
Around the turn of the last century,
F
And so it's factories and sawgrass,
G
Wheat fields and asphalt laid in front of me.
C
The Midwest feels like a hollow place
Am
That we filled with love and industry.
F
And we're staring at the frozen ground in Goodwill suits,
G
Silent as the pastor reads the eulogy.
Prechorus
C G Am G F
Well I wanted to see just a little bit of everything.
G
Let me be.
Chorus:
C F
Two blackbirds on a highway sign
Am G
Are laughing at me at four in the morning.
C F
They played the war drum out of time
Am G
So I'm not sure where I've been marching.
Am C
I wanna be strong,
F
But it's not easy anymore.
C G F
I'm hoping I'm wrong.
Verse 2:
C
It's sixteen hours straight to home
Am
From the heart of North Missouri,
F
And so I searched through my great-grandpop's memoirs
G
For the devil in my bloodstream.
C
Depression grabbed his throat
Am
And choked the life out of him slowly.
F
I've got the same blood coursing through my veins
G
And it'll come for me eventually.
(Build up)
Prechorus 2:
C
I bet I'd be a fucking coward.
Am
I bet I'd never have the guts for war,
F
'Cause I can't spend another month away from here.
G
These frantic rest stop phone calls don't get answered anymore.
C G Am G F
But I, I wanted to know if I could please come home.
G
So let me know.
C F
Two blackbirds on a highway sign
Am G
Are laughing at me at four in the morning.
C F
They played the war drum out of time
Am G
So I'm not sure where I've been marching.
Am C
I wanna be strong,
F
But it's not easy anymore.
C G F
I'm hoping I'm wrong.
I'm hoping I'm wrong.
Bridge:
C G
I know how it feels to be
F
At war with a world
That never loved me.
C G
I know how it feels to be
F
At war with a world
That never loved me.
Chorus 3:
C F
Two blackbirds on a highway sign
Am G
Are laughing at me at four in the morning.
C F
They played the war drum out of time
Am G
So I'm not sure where I've been marching.
Am C F
I wanna be strong.
C G
I wanna be strong
F
But it's not easy anymore.
