Capo 2nd Verse: Am - Em7 - G - Am Biss: C - G - Am Am Em7 Through these streets I run like I'm hunted tonight G Am on a fast breath that believes Am Em7 in everything holy ghost like and true G Am and the promise of your want for me C G Am We could have, we should have, we didn't I was born in a small town, I haven't grown tall like the giants the open plains make They are larger than life and nearly eight feet high and are born to ten thousand days We could have, we should have, we didn't And given the choice, boys will be boys and will throw things they never should hold And the older we get, the more we forget the wonder of that first throw We could have, we should have, we didn't Well I kept my calm when the chapel collapsed but I left there as fast as I could The roof buckeld and broke and now that it's gone all the rain falls onto the pews We could have, we should have, we didn't So take forty flags and fifty three poles and build a fence up with them all A man should have reason to turn back at that but they just plow right on We could have, we should have, we didn't So the road it got lost and it's all my fault and it's my job to find it again Help was at hand but the best laid plans have dumped us in no man's land We could have, we should have, we didn't A field of rape, a fence of beech wood a blue wide sky high above The guard house, the gate house, the barn and the yard any piece of this is enough We could have, we should have, we didn't I bought books for the fire and wine for the sea and paper to hang off the trees I would settle for less for peace and a rest but these Thins are elusive to me We could have, we should have, we didn't Is there a basic good, a common ground a line that's been drawn in the sand Well we've crossed it and scuffed it and rubbed the thing out and we do not give a damn We could have, we should have, we didn't We could have, we should have, we didn't We could have, we should have, we didn't tabbed by Sandoori, 2011
