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