Minneapolis
G A C G
I've been waiting for you to come back since you left Minneapolis
G D C
Snow covers the streetlamps and the windowsills
G D C
The buildings and the brittle crooked trees
G D G D
Dead leaves of December, thin-skinned and splintered
G D C
Never gotten used to this bitter winter
I've been wasted, angry and sad since you left Minneapolis
I wish my thoughts were pure like the driven snow
Like the heavens and the spring's virgin buds
But they strangle me with their sin, fill me up with poison
Black clouds have covered up the sun again
I can always trace it back to that night in Minneapolis
Here on the seventh floor in a room I can't call mine
Deadbolt on the door, "Do Not Disturb" sign
Shaking and trembling on the clean white linen
Slivers of starlight danced across the ceiling
A dozen yellow roses - all that's left in Minneapolis
I wish I'd never seen your face or heard your voice
You're a bad pain in my gut, I wanna spit you out
Open up this wound again, let my blood flow red and thin
Into the glistening, into the whiteness
Into the melting snow of Minneapolis
Those Three Days
Capo 1
G C D
You say there's always gonna be this thing
Between us days are filled with dreams
Scorpions crawl across my screen
Make their home beneath my skin
Underneath my dress stick their tongues
Bite through flesh down to the bone
And I have been so fuckin' alone
Since those three days
Did you only want me for those three days?
Did you only need me for those three days?
Did you love me forever just for those three days?
For those three days
You built a nest inside my soul
You rest your head on leaves of gold
You managed to crawl inside my brain
You found a hole and in you came
You sleep like a baby breathing
Comfortably between truth and pain
But the truth is nothing's been the same
Since those three days
Greenville
C
Don't wanna see you again or hold your hand
Cause you don't really love me you're not my man
F
C
You're not my man oh you're not my man
G
C
Go back to Greenville just go on back to Greenville
You scream and shout and you make a scene
When you open your mouth you never say what you mean
Say what you mean oh say what you mean
Go back to Greenville just go on back to Greenville
You drink hard liquor you come on strong
You lose your temper someone looks at you wrong
Looks at you wrong oh looks at you wrong
Go back to Greenville just go on back to Greenville
Out all night playin in a band
Looking for a fight with a guitar in your hand
A guitar in your hand oh a guitar in your hand
Go back to Greenville just go on back to Greenville
Empty bottles and broken glass
Busted down doors and borrowed cash
Borrowed cash oh the borrowed cash
Go back to Greenville just go on back to Greenville
Looking for someone to save you
Looking for someone to rave about you
To rave about you oh to rave about you
Go back to Greenville just go on back to Greenville
Pineola
G F
C
G
When Daddy told me what happened, I couldn't believe what he'd just said
Sonny shot himself with a .44 and they found him lyin' on his bed
I could not speak a single word, no tears streamed down my face
I just sat there on the living room couch, staring off into space
Mama and Daddy went over to the house to see what had to be done
They took the sheets off of the bed and they went to call someone
Some of us gathered at a friend's house to help each other ease the pain
I just sat alone in a corner chair, I couldn't say much of anything
We drove on out to the country, his friends all stood around
Subiaco Cemetery is where we lay him down
I saw his mama, she was standing there and his sister she was there too
I saw them look at us standing around the grave and not a soul they knew
Born and raised in Pineola, his mama believed in the Pentecost
She got the preacher to say some words so his soul wouldn't get lost
Some of us, we stood in silence, some bowed our heads and prayed
I think I must've picked up a handful of dust and let it fall over his grave
I think I must've picked up a handful of dust and let it fall over his grave
Lonely Girls
** Capo 3 **
G C9
G C9
G C9
G C9
Lonely Girls, Lonely Girls, Lonely Girls, Lonely Girls
Bm Am
Bm Am
Bm Am
G C9
Heavy Blankets, Heavy Blankets, Heavy Blankets cover Lonely Girls...
Bm Am Bm
Am Bm
Am G
C9
Sweet, sad songs, sweet sad songs, sweet sad songs sung by Lonely Girls
G C9 G C9 G C9 G C9
Lonely Girls, Lonely Girls, Lonely Girls, Lonely Girls
Bm Am
Bm Am
Bm Am
G C9
Pretty hairdos, pretty hairdos, pretty hairdos worn by Lonely Girls
Bm Am
Bm Am
Bm Am
G C9
Sparkly rhinestones, sparkly rhinestones, sparkly rhinestones shine on Lonely
Girls
Bm Am Bm Am Bm Am G C9
I oughtta know, I oughtta know, I oughtta know about Lonely Girls
G C9 G C9 G C9 G C9
Lonely Girls, Lonely Girls, Lonely Girls, Lonely Girls
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I Envy the Wind
** Capo 1 **
G
I envy the wind
C
That whispers in your ear
Am
That howls through the winter
Dm
That freezes your fingers
G
That moves through your hair
C
And cracks your lips
Am
And chills you to the bone
Dm
I envy the wind
I envy the rain
That falls on your face
That wets your eyelashes
And dampens your skin
And touches your tongue
And soaks through your shirt
And drips down your back
I envy the rain
I envy the sun
That brightens your summer
That warms your body
And holds you in her heat
And makes your days longer
And makes you hot
And makes you sweat
I envy the sun
I envy the wind, I envy the rain, I envy the sun, I envy the wind
Essence
**
Capo 1 **
[Em] Baby, sweet baby [G] you're my drug [Am] C'mon and
let me [Em] taste your stuff
[Em] Baby, sweet baby [G] bring me your gift [Am] What surprise you gonna
[Em] hit me with
[G] I am waiting here for [D] more, I am waiting by your
[Am] door, I am waiting on your [G] back [D] steps
[G] I am waiting in my [D] car, I am waiting at this [Am] bar, I am waiting for
your [G] essence [D]
[Em] Baby, sweet baby [G] whisper my name [Am] Shoot your
love [Em] into my vein
[Em] Baby, sweet baby [G] kiss me hard [Am] Make me wonder [Em] who's in
charge
[G] I am waiting here for [D] more, I am waiting by your
[Am] door, I am waiting on your [G] back [D] steps
[G] I am waiting in my [D] car, I am waiting at this [Am] bar, I am waiting for
your [G] essence [D]
[Em] Baby, sweet baby [G] I wanna feel your breath [Am]
Even though you like to [Em] flirt with death
[Em] Baby, sweet baby [G] can't get enough [Am] Please come find me and help me
[Em] get fucked up
[G] I am waiting here for [D] more, I am waiting by your
[Am] door, I am waiting on your [G] back [D] steps
[G] I am waiting in my [D] car, I am waiting in this [Am] bar, I am waiting for
your [G] essence [D]
your [G] essence [D]
your [G] essence [D]
[Em]
Get Right With God
** Capo 2 **
E
I would risk the serpent's bite
I would dance around with seven
I would kiss the diamondback
If I knew it would get me to Heaven
A E
Cause I want to get right with God
A E
Yes you know you've got to get right with God
E
I would burn the soles of my feet
Burn the palms of both my hands
If I could learn and be complete
If I could walk righteously again
A E
Cause I want to get right with God
A E
Yes you know you've got to get right with God
E
I would sleep on a bed of nails
Till my back was torn and bleeding
In the deep darkness of Hell
The Damascus of my meeting
A E
I want to get right with God
A E
Yes you know you've got to get right with God
E
I asked God about His plan
To save us all from Satan's slaughter
If I give up one of my lambs
Will you take me as one of your daughters?
A E
Cause I want to get right with God
A E
Yes you know you've got to get right with God