Standard Tuning
Capo on 2nd fret
Relative to capo

Intro:

Dm (xx0231@1)|-------1--1------1--1---------1--1--------1--1------1--1------1--3-------------|
 |-------3--3------3--3---------3--3--------3--3------3--3------3--1-------------|
 |---2---2---------2------------0------0h3--3-----3---3-----0---0-----0h2-0------|
 |-------0-----0---0-----0-2-3--3--------------------------------------------3---|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------1--1------1--1---------1--1--------1--1------1--1------1--3-------------|
 |--------3--3------3--3---------3--3--------3--3------3--3------3--1-------------|
 |--------2---------2------------0------0h3--3-----3---3-----0---0-----0h2-0------|
 |----0---0---------0-----0-2-3--3--------------------------------------------3---|
 |--------------0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



Dm (xx0231@1)|----1--1----1--1--|
 |----3--3----3--3--|
 |----2-------2-----|  x2
 |-0--0-------0-----|
 |---------0--------|
 |------------------|

Bb (x1333x@1)|------------------|
 |----3--3----3--3--|
 |----3--3----3--3--|  x2
 |----3-------3-----|
 |-1-------1--------|
 |------------------|

C (x32010@1)|------------------|
 |----1--1----1--1--|
 |----0--0----0--0--|  x2
 |----2-------2-----|
 |0h3-------2-------|
 |------------------|

Dm (xx0231@1)                                                   BbMy (x1333x@1)family does own some land where the river is wide

C (x32010@1)                                                   BbAt (x1333x@1)night I see my memories dimly dying on the other side

Dm (xx0231@1)                              BbI (x1333x@1)know that I am now all bitterness and tart

C (x32010@1)                           Dm (xx0231@1)                      BbAnatomy (x1333x@1)to me is a homesick stomach and a broken heart



Dm (xx0231@1)                                                      BbYou (x1333x@1)rest-stops in the midnight are like friends I've worn to bone

C (x32010@1)                                                 BbI (x1333x@1)only notice that you're glowing when I'm feeling so ever alone

Dm (xx0231@1)                                               BbDrunken (x1333x@1)with the children now too many times to complain

C (x32010@1)                                              DmTrustful (xx0231@1)was the mouth I turned into a lustful sopping hole and

BbNow (x1333x@1)it's nothing but a bathtub drain



Dm (xx0231@1)                                         BbThe (x1333x@1)latter days are harder than I ever could've known

C (x32010@1)                                                     DmCome (xx0231@1)back to retrieve me sometime soon

Dm (xx0231@1)                                              BbIf (x1333x@1)the latter days are ending then I hope I'm ending too

C (x32010@1)                                                                       BbAnd (x1333x@1)buried someplace where your breath tastes new to me and

DmAlways (xx0231@1)blowing, so my body's bent and bowing

Bb (x1333x@1)                                                      CDeep (x32010@1)into the day's ending in summer

Bb (x1333x@1)                                    CThe (x32010@1)latter days are always panting like a second-comer

Dm (xx0231@1)                                    BbAll (x1333x@1)the fleshy statues of the city-square goodbyes

C (x32010@1)                                                                        BbAre (x1333x@1)flinging smooth-skin trinities and nakedness up into my eyes

Dm (xx0231@1)                                 BbNaked (x1333x@1)swan-necked girls, your arching backs into the sun

C (x32010@1)                                                              DmThe (xx0231@1)highway ditch's black clouds split the median and

BbBreathing (x1333x@1)in of all the ribs of every bathing one



DmAnd (xx0231@1)in those trash-pit-ponds you bathe and

BbOh, (x1333x@1)how you all gleam

CMindlessly (x32010@1)bright where you're wet in

BbYour (x1333x@1)eye-lashing, fluid-splashing, rapid-flashing

DmCanal-bleaching (xx0231@1)dream
For me
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