Tab by Devin Miller Tuning: Standard EADGBe **CAPO 7th FRET** Am D74 I had a lover, name was Grace D7 D74 She found me down in a lonely place Am D74 She dug me out with an old jar bow D7 D74 She dressed me up for to take me home Am D74 She fed me words that I could not taste D7 D74 For I had no tongue, it had been replaced Am D74 By a green and a-growin' flower which grew D7 D74 Am And I knew if I ever spoke I would speak true --- D74 D7 D74 --- Am D74 We lived together in an old hotel D7 D74 Broke-down palace with a wishing well Am D74 The neighbour girl taught me how to spell D7 D74 And how to steal what I could not sell Am D74 But I fed my tongue on the devil's rum D7 D74 And a roadhouse run by a godless bum Am D74 On a drunken night with a stolen gun D7 D74 I shot my lover as she made to run Em7 A9 The judge said "Son, what have you done?" Em7 A9 But I didn't speak a word, no I didn't speak one C G D And the judge sent me away C G D74 Am And they buried my Grace, yeah, the very next day --- D74 D7 D74 --- REST OF THE LYRICS: They sent me out on a midnight train In the rain rollin' down through the dusty plain 4 men sittin' with an old shotgun silver stars pinned on everyone They busted my mouth for to get at my tongue To see just how this had all begun So I opened my mouth like a dragon's breath I only spoke truth, but it only brought death And I laid those boys to rest For the truth in truth is a terrible jest For there ain't no road but the road to home There ain't no crops but the one's you've sown And if you learn one thing from me You better guard your tongue like your enemy I came to ground in a one horse town On the western rim where the sun go down Where a branded man might start again For to ride his rung, for to lose his sin But my tongue kept growing, it would not cease I grew quite weary, couldn't get no release So I went to the magistrate and turned myself in Picked up a shovel and he made the grin And they planted me by the sea Now the birds of the air make nests on me
