You start on an Am for two beats then move the finger that's on the second fret of the D
string up to the second fret of the A string for two beats (Amadd9). Then A regular C
for two beats, then pull off on the D string for two beats (Csus2). I also like to pull
off on the B string in the middle of playing the Fs in the verses.
CAPO ON FIRST.
Intro - Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F(2x)AmAmadd9CCsus2F
I grew up in a town with one red light
AmAmadd9CCsus2F
How that train would rattle me in the middle of the night
AmAmadd9CCsus2F
But I slept like a baby in that bed
FGAm | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Cause mama kept me warm and she kept me fed
AmAmadd9CCsus2F
July 3rd was a dreaded friend of mine
AmAmadd9CCsus2F
We'd all go down to the family plot in the Louisiana pines
AmAmadd9CCsus2F
Staring at that little baby's grave
FGAm | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Stella was as young as she was brave
FC
And what I'd give to go there again
GAm
Kiss my daddy's face, hold my mama's hand
FC
Little did I know soon they would be
GAm | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Lying right beside her, gone away from me
Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Gone away from me
AmAmadd9CCsus2F
They always made us kneel by grandpa's grave
AmAmadd9CCsus2F
Mama was a-wailing asking God if he was saved
AmAmadd9CCsus2F
I never liked to see my daddy cry
FGAm | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
I guess I'll never know how grandpa died
FC
And what I'd give to go there again
GAm
Kiss my daddy's face, hold my mama's hand
FC
Little did I know soon they would be
GAm | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Lying right beside her, gone away from me
Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Gone away from me
AmAmadd9CCsus2F
You barely even see the tombstones now
AmAmadd9CCsus2F
The trees are grown up everywhere and no one keeps the grounds
AmAmadd9CCsus2F
Strangers live inside my childhood home
FGAm | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
And I can't believe that daddy's really gone
FC
And what I'd give to go there again
GAm
Kiss his withered face, hold her gentle hand
FC
But there ain't no way that will ever be
G
They lie beneath that old tree,
Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Gone away from me (Gone away from me)
Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Gone away from me
Am | Amadd9 | C | Csus2 | F
Gone away from me (Gone away from me)
AmAmadd9CCsus2F
Well I grew up in a town with one red light