Chords for Dave Rawlings Machine - "The Trip" (Live at WFUV)

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_ Whistles blow and people [C] get on trains [G] without knowing where they're going. _ _ _ _ _
Someone's sister, [C] someone's daughter, someone's [G] teacher going down the road.
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The body and a handkerchief [G] and a hatchet from an unspeakable [C] crime.
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But there's no one waiting for them.
_ There's no [G] judgment down the line. _ _ _ _ _
_ Banjos [C] ring and chickens squawk.
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Little babies crow. _ _ _ _ _
The winter leaves [C] and the spring unwinds [G] and summer comes again, you know. _ _ _
[C] Pink is the color of my true love's dress [G] and black is the color of her heart. _ _ _ _ _
[D] But I can never leave old Virginia _ _ [C] and so it [G] never [C] part.
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_ _ _ _ _ Ebony face, ebony [C] nails, [G] ebony coffin on the rails.
_ _ _ _ _ Moving south, [C] C.O..D., [G] going home to mother. _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Some said for valor, for treasure, _ _ [G] _ glory, _ pride. _ _ _ [D] _ Sometimes brother hates brother. [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ So [C] take a trip wherever _ _ [G] your conscience _ has to roam. _ _ [D] It's much too hard to try to live [C] a life [G] at home. _ _ _ _ _ _ My boots are cracked [C] with road dirt and asphalt, [G] spit and broken dreams. _ _ Chewing gum and [C] safety pins, I [A] would [G] hold me in at the seams. _ _ [C] My pegs are loose, my screws too tightly [G] wound to get into. [D] But I still try sometimes on [G] those golden [C] summer _ [G] _ afternoons. _ [C] So take a trip wherever _ [G] your conscience has to roam. _ [D] It's much too hard to try to [C] live a life [G] at home. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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_ There's a picture of an old [C] black man _ _ [G] _ in a beaver hat. _ _ _ He [C] wears a unique smile [G] and a pair of white spats. _ _ [C] _ Don't pretend you _ didn't [G] _ notice. You stare, _ [D] you're edgy _ and sweaty [G] and [C] loaded. _ _ [G] _ Bear, _ _ _ _ _ _ the skeletons dance [C] tonight. Glitter in [G] your bottle _ and your boots _ _ and your mandolin [C] that Bianca _ [G] Alatore _ tried to shoot. _ _ _ [C] Ah, but what's a bullet hole [G] or two _ between friends? _ [D] And who can say when the well goes dry [C] or wet? The [G] story ends. _ _ [C] So take a trip wherever _ _ [G] your conscience _ has to roam. _ _ [D] It's much too hard to try to [G] [C] live a life [G] at home. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Hotel lives and [C] hotel wives, [G] they come and go with the sheets. _ _ _ Ah, but what's a marriage [C] if it [G] can't be held up to kitchen heat? _ _ _ [C] Once I knew each valley, _ [G] that _ beautiful shore. _ _ [Am] [D] But I don't go to the summer fair [C] much _ _ [G] anymore. _ _ _ [C] So take a trip wherever _ _ [G] your conscience _ says to roam. _ [D] It's much too much to try and [C] live a life [G] at home. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Your [C] harmonica's thrown, baby, _ _ [G] throw it away. _ _ _ Your denim shirt is [C] ragged and [G] your dirty _ collar's frayed. _ _ [C] I tried to play my horn for you, but I [G] couldn't seem to find a note. So [D] I picked up pen and paper, _ [C] and this is what I [G] wrote. _ _ [C] Go take a trip wherever _ _ [G] your conscience _ has to roam. _ _ [D] It's much too hard to try to [C] live a life [G] at home. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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