Chords for Iris DeMent | Concerts from Blue Rock LIVE

_ _ _ Something's supposed to happen in life. _
_ Something's supposed to kick [Db] in and you know this is what I'm supposed to do.
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That [Ab] singing thing is [Eb] such a gift to me.
[Ab] _ I get something out of that I don't get from anything [Eb] else [Fm] in the world.
[Ab] Well my mama she was always telling her [Bb] truth
_ [Db] _ _ Times were hard and that's how she made it [Ab]
through
When it came to her _ feelings
There [F] _ [Eb] wasn't no back burner on [Eb] that _ [F] stove
[Ab] Some will, some will go wrong and she'd start [Bb] yelling or crying
[Db] _ If you didn't know better you'd think that one of us was dying
[Ab] _
_ That was mama and [Eb] she [Ab] just told her truth _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Go on now [Eb] and say goodbye [Bb] to our town, _ to [F]
our _ [Am] town
_ [Bb] _ _ _
Can't see _ [Eb] the sun setting down [Bb] on our _ town, _ [F] on our _ _ _ [Bb] town tonight
_ _ _ Music is [Eb] very healing.
It keeps us [Bb] alive.
It keeps us healthy and strong and [F] able to go in the world
and do all the other things we [Gm] need to do.
_ I've gone _ _ [Am] _
_ [Bb] _ far, [Eb] _ [Bb] no _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ sorrow _ _ _ [Dm] and _ [Eb] _ _
desire
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Could it _ be _ _ [F] that _ _ the kingdom _ _ _ has _ _ [Eb] already _ come?
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
Headed _ toward the big house till [D] you're head and you have a _ scratch
_ [A] _ _
Well I was [E] thinking this _ love's gonna last _ _ _ _
_ I tried to write a song once with John Prine.
_ He'd write a line and then I'd run to the bathroom and [D] shut the door
and write a line and come out.
Here's my line.
_ _ [A] We're all pretty weird and we just [Abm] have to figure out things the best [A] we can
and get the [Eb] job done. _ _
[Fm] You can [Ab] take your streets and go if you [Db] really want them _ _
[Ab] _ [C] And your _ mansion's [Fm] so dear
[Db] But I'll [Ab] take the whole lot [Fm] of heaven [Db] it's shining _ _
I [Ab] want the whole lot [Fm] of heaven [Db] it's shining
_ _ I love [Ab] the whole [Fm] lot of heaven _ it's [Db] _ shining
_ And [Eb] it's a river _ _ _ _ of [Ab] _ _ [Bb] tears
_ Be _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
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[Bbm] careful going home.
Thank you so much. _
_ _ It's a pleasure to be [N] here and sing for you.
Thank you. _ _ _ _ _
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