[Verse 1]
Gm
He's looking like a sailor
Who hasn't a ship
Gm
Same salty song
And curled up lips
Gm
In the land of the brave
And running out of vain
Gm
Waiting for a guy, silver-eyed
Like a bullet train
Gm
Kinda wishes that he wouldn't show up
Cause it's all become a stain
Of the terra cotta mud
[Chorus]
Gm Dm Cm Bb
Way down in the valley of the mud
Cm Bb
It opens and closes
A Dm
Before you can get back up
Gm Dm
Lay down
Cm Bb
Face and belly in the mud
Cm Bb
It opens and closes
A Dm
Before you can get back up
[Verse 2]
Gm
He's scratching on a ticket
With chewed up nails
Gm
Following a rainbow
That's grown too pale
Gm
Red lights paint the strip in neon blood
Gm
Gambling on a ride so he raises his thumb
Gm
Which raised his eyes
But nothing seems to come
Gm
Thinkin' bout the train
Hauling terra cotta mud
[Chorus]
Gm Dm Cm Bb
Way down in the valley of the mud
Cm Bb
It opens and closes
A Dm
Before you can get back up
Gm Dm
Lay down
Cm Bb
Face and belly in the mud
Cm Bb
It opens and closes
A Dm
Before you can get back up
[Bridge]
Gm Bb
Gotta crawl out of the vacant lot
F
But the helping hands
Am
Have all been burned
Gm Bb
Cried wolf, a thousand times
F
Used up every line
Cm Dm Gm
Lady Luck won't turn again
[Instrumental]
Gm F x2
Gm Dm Cm Bb Cm Bb A Dm
[Chorus]
Gm Dm Cm Bb
Way down in the valley of the mud
Cm Bb
It opens and closes
A Dm
Before you can get back up
Gm Dm
Lay down
Cm Bb
Face and belly in the mud
Cm Bb
It opens and closes
A Dm
Before you can get back up
Gm Dm Cm Bb
Way down in the valley of the mud
Cm Bb
It opens and closes
A Dm
Before you can get back up
Gm Dm
Lay down
Cm Bb
Face and belly in the mud
Cm Bb
It opens and closes
A Dm
Before you can get back up
