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