You start on an Am for two beats then move the finger that's on the second fret of the D
string up to the second fret of the A string for two beats (Amadd9). Then A regular C
for two beats, then pull off on the D string for two beats (Csus2). I also like to pull
off on the B string in the middle of playing the Fs in the verses.
F Am C Am9 C9 G
e | -1---0---0-----0------0---3-- |
B | -1---1---1-----1------1---3-- |
G | -2---2---0-----2------0---0-- |
D | -3---2---2-----0------0---0-- |
A | -3---0---3-----2------3---2-- |
E | -1---x---x-----x------x---3-- |
CAPO ON FIRST.
Intro - Am Am9 C C9 F x 2
Am Am9 C C9 F
I grew up in a town with one red light
Am Am9 C C9 F
How that train would rattle me in the middle of the night
Am Am9 C C9 F
But I slept like a baby in that bed
F G Am Am9 C C9 F
Cause mama kept me warm and she kept me fed
Am Am9 C C9 F
July 3rd was a dreaded friend of mine
Am Am9 C C9 F
We'd all go down to the family plot in the Louisiana pines
Am Am9 C C9 F
Staring at that little baby's grave
F G Am Am9 C C9 F
Stella was as young as she was brave
F C
And what I'd give to go there again
G Am
Kiss my daddy's face, hold my mama's hand
F C
Little did I know soon they would be
G Am Am9 C C9 F
Lying right beside her, gone away from me
Am Am9 C C9 F
Gone away from me
Am Am9 C C9 F
They always made us kneel by grandpa's grave
Am Am9 C C9 F
Mama was a-wailing asking God if he was saved
Am Am9 C C9 F
I never liked to see my daddy cry
F G Am Am9 C C9 F
I guess I'll never know how grandpa died
F C
And what I'd give to go there again
G Am
Kiss my daddy's face, hold my mama's hand
F C
Little did I know soon they would be
G Am Am9 C C9 F
Lying right beside her, gone away from me
Am Am9 C C9 F
Gone away from me
Am Am9 C C9 F
You barely even see the tombstones now
Am Am9 C C9 F
The trees are grown up everywhere and no one keeps the grounds
Am Am9 C C9 F
Strangers live inside my childhood home
F G Am Am9 C C9 F
And I can't believe that daddy's really gone
F C
And what I'd give to go there again
G Am
Kiss his withered face, hold her gentle hand
F C
But there ain't no way that will ever be
G
They lie beneath that old tree,
Am Am9 C C9 F
Gone away from me (Gone away from me)
Am Am9 C C9 F
Gone away from me
Am Am9 C C9 F
Gone away from me (Gone away from me)
Am Am9 C C9 F
Well I grew up in a town with one red light
