Capo III Chords: G C D Em C7M e | --------- e | --------- e | -2----2-- e | --------- e | --------- B | -0----0-- B | -1----1-- B | ----3--3- B | -0----0-- B | -0----0-- G | ----0--0- G | ----0--0- G | ---2----- G | ----0--0- G | ----0--0- D | ---0----- D | ---2----- D | -0---0--- D | ---2----- D | ---2----- A | --------- A | -3---3--- A | --------- A | --------- A | -3---3--- E | -3---3--- E | --------- E | --------- E | -0---0--- E | --------- I don't think these are the exact picking patterns, but they gets to job done I suppose. Gavin also occasionally adds an 0h2 hammer-on on the A string for G chords and on the D string for C chords. Verse 1: G C G Well, I woke up this morning with dead leaves inside my bed. G D You said "You're better off just where you are than to be stuck in my head. G C G You've got to leave it all behind you and give yourself up to chance." Em D G So I gave myself to chance. Verse 2: G C G And I packed a little suitcase, brushed my teeth and washed my hands. G D I've been bluffing here for years and now I think it's time I showed my hand. G C C7M I'm going to move to New York City and set the sky on fire. Em D G Oh, don't the night look so alive with it's desire Chorus 1: C G To cross the River Jordan? D G But it just don't feel the same. C G When I came home Friday morning Em D C G With no one but myself to blame. Em D G Verse 3: G C G See I have trouble with numbers and paying the ones I owe. G D And I put what I had left in the pocket of my coat. G C G I went out to find a liquor store and make a home there in the snow, Em D G Give myself a little shelter from the cold. Chorus 2: C G See, I was bound here by my choices. D G Oh my god how I felt so ashamed. C G Still I hoped that you might join us Em D G And take this little light of ours out on parade Melodica Section (played twice): Em D G C Em D G G Verse 4: G C G I used to look at others and try to find a way to grow. G D And now I just look around and I'm going to reap the seeds I've sown. G C C7M And I try to picture myself in Oslo but lord help me if I go. Em D G I've been running around and I believe it's starting to show. Chorus 3: C G And so I'll cross the River Jordan D G And if it just don't feel the same. C G And I'm not home Friday morning Em D C G I'll have no one but myself to blame.
