Chords for Dust Bowl

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[Bm] _ Smooth stones have fallen once [D] more to the sky now like rain _
[E] _ Now I'm outside on the front lawn [G] getting beaten black and blue again _
[Bm] _ Looking back now I always preferred [D] to child my enemies to my friends _
[E] It always just seemed logical [G] to have something constant upon [Bm] which you could depend
If my father was an earthquake now then [D] my mother was a hurricane _
_ [E] Me I kinda got my hands full [G] just for walking in a straight line remembering [Bm] my own name _ _ _ _
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_ I was born when the trees around my [D] home bled fire out into the arms of [G] the sky
The world snapped beneath your [Gm] feet and everything that was alive had died
[Bm] I was born to a cold wind, [G] take the color right out of your eyes
[E] I just keep what I can carry now, leave the rest behind _ _ _ _
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[Bm] _ I heard stories of them city lights as I hid out among them trees
_ [E] Bows bending like a spider web, [G] letting no light in for the eye to [Bm] see
_ Fireflies in the summer [D] skies and the downward pressure of the heat _
[E] I [Bm] sneaked down that gravelly [G] night to your black eyes hotter than the Tennessee concrete _ _ _ _
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[Bm] I was born when the trees around [Bb] my home bled fire out into the [G] arms of the sky
The world snapped beneath your feet [Gm] and everything that was alive had died
[E] I was born to a cold wind, take the [D] woods right out of your mouth and color [G] out of your eyes
[Bm] I just keep what I can carry now, leave the rest behind _ _ _
I just keep what I can carry now, leave the rest behind _ _ _ _
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_ Clinton Gold bears a heavy load, [D] watch the human called castle fall apart _
[E] Tell [Bm] you right now it's more about the stomach [G] out here than it is [Bm] about the heart
See a man now playing in the dark [D] cafe with everybody's back [D] turned _
[Bm] _ Sometimes we just gotta put our hands [G] into the fire to make sure that [Bm] it still burns
Red light at them downtown [D] bars pours out from puddles in the street _
[E] I know there's some of you out [G] there starving, but it ain't for lack of [Bm] something to eat _ _ _ _
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I was born when the trees around [D] my home bled fire out into the arms [G] of the sky
The world snapped beneath your feet [Gm] and everything that was alive had died
[E] I was born to a cold wind, [G] take the color right out of your eyes
[E] I just keep what I can carry [G] now, leave the [Bm] rest behind _ _ _
I just keep what I can carry now, leave the rest behind _ _ _ _
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