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