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 G
-G                                     A
+G                                     A7
-i leave the house as soon as it gets light outside
+I leave the house as soon as it gets light outside
 C               G
-like a prisoner breaking out of jail
+Like a prisoner breaking out of jail
-G                            A
+G                            A7
-and i steal down to business 15-501
+And I steal down to business 15-501
 C                   G
-like i had a bounty hunter on my tail
+Like I had a bounty hunter on my tail
               D
-and somebody stops to pick me up
+And somebody stops to pick me up
         C
-but he drops me off just down the block
+But he drops me off just down the block
                   G      Em
-and along the highway
+And along the highway
            C             G
-where the empty spirits breed
+Where the empty spirits breed
            D              G
-wild sage growing in the weeds
+Wild sage growing in the weeds
+Walk down the soft shoulder and I count my steps
+Headed vaguely eastward, sun in my eyes
+And I lose my footing and I skin my hands breaking my fall
+And I laugh to myself and look up at the skies
+And then I think I hear angels in my ears
+Like marbles being thrown against a mirror
+And along the highway
-walk down the soft shoulder and i count my steps
+Where unlucky stray dogs bleed
+Wild sage growing in the weeds
-headed vaguely eastward, sun in my eyes
-and i lose my footing and i skin my hands breaking my fall
-and i laugh to myself and look up at the skies
-and then i think i hear angels in my ears
-like marbles being thrown against a mirror
-and along the highway
-where unlucky stray dogs bleed
-wild sage growing in the weeds
 F        C                   G            F        C
-and somedays i don't miss my family
+And somedays I don't miss my family
                 G       F
-and somedays i do
+And somedays I do
      C                     G                 Em
-somedays i think i'd feel better if i tried harder
+Somedays I think I'd feel better if I tried harder
-C                          D
+C                          D7
-most days i know it's not true
+Most days I know it's not true
+I lay down right where I felt cold grass in my face
+And I hear the traffic like the rhythm of the tides
+And I stare at the scrape on the heel of my hand
+Till it doesn't sting so much and until the blood's dried
+And when somebody asks if I'm okay
+I don't know what to say
+And along the highway
+From cast off innumerable seeds
+Wild sage growing in the weeds
-i lay down right where i felt cold grass in my face
+F   C   G
+F   C   G
-and i hear the traffic like the rhythm of the tides
-and i stare at the scrape on the heel of my hand
-til it doesn't sting so much and until the blood's dried
-and when somebody asks if i'm ok
-i don't know what to say
-and along the highway
-from cast off innumerable seeds
-wild sage growing in the weeds
-F    G
-F    G
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