Intro
B E (x4)
[Verse]
B E B
I spring awake and the flames lick at my heels
B E
I fall and freeze in sentiments I’ve grappled with for years, like
G#m F# E B
How I’ll give up everything for what I love to do
G#m F# E B F#
And how it all means nothing if it wasn’t all for you, old friend
G#m E B
I slam my fucking head into the wall again
[Chorus]
E B E B
Before you go, promise you’ll commit my bones
E B F# B
To the salty sand and stone on the Gulf of Mexico
B/A# G#m E B F#
And when the tide rises to baptize the shore
E B F# B
Let the wind take me home via Albuquerque low.
[Interlude]
B E (x4)
[Verse]
B E B
We sat and smoked on a speeding midnight train
B E B
I arrived and mourned the fact that she would come and go again
G#m F# E B
Hung up on the cities that we both wanted to leave
G#m F# E B F#
Speaking slow and somber like we liked the taste of air between our teeth
G#m E B
We watched the sun come up and faced reality
[Chorus]
E B E B
Before you go, promise you’ll commit my bones
E B F# B
To the salty sand and stone on the Gulf of Mexico
B/A# G#m E B F#
And when the tide rises to baptize the shore
E B F# B
Let the wind take me home via Albuquerque low.
[Bridge]
B C#m G#m E
Crack your windows
B C#m G#m E B C#m G#m E
............on sleepless summer nights
B C#m G#m E
You will hear me
C#m
on the passing ocean breeze, as it softly carries me
[Chorus]
E B E B
Before you go, promise you’ll commit my bones
E B F# B
To the salty sand and stone on the Gulf of Mexico
B/A# G#m E B F#
And when the tide rises to baptize the shore
E B F# B
Let the wind take me home via Albuquerque low.
E B
Woah
E B
Woah
E B
Woah