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