Dress Blues- Jason Isbell


Chords Used:

G:    320033
Em/G: 022033
C/G:  x32033
D:    xx0232
F#/G: 2x0033
Bm:   x24432

Intro:

G  Em/G  G  Em/G

Verse:

G (320003@1)                        Em/GWhat (322000@1)can you see from your window?
G (320003@1)                       Em/GI (322000@1)can't see anything from mine.
G (320003@1)                      Em/GFlags (322000@1)on the side of the highway
    C/G (3x555x@1)                      G (320003@1)    Dand (xx0232@1)scripture on grocery store signs.
G (320003@1)                    Em/GMaybe (322000@1)eighteen was too early.
G (320003@1)                      Em/GMaybe (322000@1)thirty or forty is too.
G (320003@1)                             Em/GDid (322000@1)you get your chance to make peace with the man
     C/G (3x555x@1)                             G (320003@1)        Dbefore (xx0232@1)he sent down his angels for you?

Chorus:

Em/G (322000@1)    F#/G            GMamas (320003@1)and grandmamas love you
     Em/G (322000@1)           F#/G         G (320003@1)F#/G
'cause that's all they know how to do.
Em/G (322000@1)                   BmYou (x24432@1)never planned on the bombs in the sand
   C/G (3x555x@1)                       G (320003@1)              Dor (xx0232@1)sleeping in your dress blues.


Verse:

G (320003@1)                              Em/GYour (322000@1)wife said this all would be funny
G (320003@1)                          Em/Gwhen (322000@1)you came back home in a week.
G (320003@1)                            Em/GYou'd (322000@1)turn twenty-two and we'd celebrate you
C/G (3x555x@1)                         G (320003@1)    Din (xx0232@1)a bar or a tent by the creek.
G (320003@1)                           Em/GYour (322000@1)baby would just about be here.
G (320003@1)                           Em/GYour (322000@1)very last tour would be up
G (320003@1)                                  Em/Gbut (322000@1)you won't be back. They're all dressing in black
C/G (3x555x@1)                              G (320003@1)    Ddrinking (xx0232@1)sweet tea in styrofoam cups.

Chorus:

Em/G (322000@1)    F#/G            GMamas (320003@1)and grandmamas love you
 Em/G (322000@1)  F#/G         G (320003@1)F#/G
American boys hate to lose.
Em/G (322000@1)                   BmYou (x24432@1)never planned on the bombs in the sand
   C/G (3x555x@1)                       G (320003@1)              Dor (xx0232@1)sleeping in your dress blues.

Bridge

Verse

G (320003@1)                             Em/GNow (322000@1)the high school gymnasium's ready,
G (320003@1)                            Em/Gfull (322000@1)of flowers and old legionnaires.
G (320003@1)                    Em/GNobody (322000@1)showed up to protest,

C/G (3x555x@1)                  G (320003@1)    Djust (xx0232@1)sniffle and stare.
G (320003@1)                                     Em/GBut (322000@1)there's red, white, and blue in the rafters
G (320003@1)                                 Em/Gand (322000@1)there's silent old men from the corps.
G (320003@1)                           Em/GWhat (322000@1)did they say when they shipped you away
C/G (3x555x@1)                            G (320003@1)    Dto (xx0232@1)fight somebody's Hollywood war?


Em/G (322000@1)    F#/G            GNobody (320003@1)here could forget you.
     Em/G (322000@1)           F#/G         G (320003@1)F#/G
You showed us what we had to lose.
Em/G (322000@1)                   BmYou (x24432@1)never planned on the bombs in the sand
   C/G (3x555x@1)                       G (320003@1)              Dor (xx0232@1)sleeping in your dress blues.

Em/G (322000@1)                   BmYou (x24432@1)never planned on the bombs in the sand
   C/G (3x555x@1)                       G (320003@1)              Dor (xx0232@1)sleeping in your dress blues.


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