Artist: Ben Nichols / Lucero
Song:   Toadvine
Album:  The Last Pale Light in the West
Tuning: Standard

Note: "[lyrics]" are sung on the CD but not in the printed lyrics


INTRO:
  F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1)Em (022000@1)F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1)VERSE 1:
      F (133211@1)           Am (x02210@1)           Em (022000@1)             F (133211@1)       
  [I] rode myself into the ground, hell it's almost over now,
  C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)    C (x32010@1)   I don't see nothing but the light
  F (133211@1)        Am (x02210@1)                Em (022000@1)           F (133211@1)                 
    Darkness filled my days, the rising sun has shown the way, [and]
  C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)   C (x32010@1)   I Don't see nothing but the light

  Dm (xx0231@1)                        F (133211@1)                     
      The preacher's lesson,     is simply Armageddon, 
      C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1) The devil, he knows how to ride
  Dm (xx0231@1)                F (133211@1)                        
     A killer of men,    and no way to save them,
  C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)    Hell now we all have to die

  F (133211@1)     F (133211@1)
CHORUS:
  F (133211@1)                                  G (320003@1)    You wouldn't think that out here,   a man could simply run clear
  Am (x02210@1)                      Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)    Out of country but, oh my... oh my, [Oh my... oh my]
                         C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Nothing but the light


INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE:

  F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1)Em (022000@1)F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1)
VERSE 2:
       F (133211@1)             Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)                  F (133211@1) 
  They took my ears in Omaha, thought me dead but I weren't all [and I]
  C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)  C (x32010@1)    Left them bleeding in the mud
  F (133211@1)                  Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1)              F (133211@1) 
  Branded me for horse thievery, between my eyes for all to see [and I]
  C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)  C (x32010@1)    Left them bleeding in the mud

  Dm (xx0231@1)                           F (133211@1)     
      When this world was made,     [it] was never meant to save
  C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)    Everyone in kind
  Dm (xx0231@1)                     F (133211@1)     
      And I don't believe,    God much had me
  C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)     Had me much in mind

  F (133211@1)     F (133211@1)
CHORUS REPEAT:


INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE:
  F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1)    F (133211@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)    F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1)

ABRIDGED VERSE 3:
  Dm (xx0231@1)                     F (133211@1)     
      So tell me barkeep,     What is there to drink
  C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)     With just minimal risk
  Dm (xx0231@1)                        F (133211@1)     
      Of blindness or death,      it all tastes of ashes
  C (x32010@1)                          G (320003@1)     
      Seems that's all we ever get, 
                   F (133211@1)     F (133211@1) It's all we ever get


REPEAT CHORUS AS FINALE:



--crookedpath