Chords for Music in the Lobby: Mipso, "A Couple Acres Greener"
Tempo:
118.55 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hey, North Carolina, we are Mipso from Chapel Hill, and this is a song [G] from our new album coming out in October
This is [Gbm] called a couple acres [G] greener
[C]
[G] [Eb]
[Em] [C]
[G] [D] [Em]
[C]
[G] [D] [A]
[Em] [C]
[G] [D] [Gbm]
[C] [G] begin [D] there's a time to save up and [Em] a time [G]
to [C] spend.
I'm too [G] young for the past tense, all [D] this worrying about [Eb] what might have been.
[A] [Em] Should have been a preacher, [C] man, let the good Lord show me [G] where to stand, [D] in this earthly [A] halfway hole.
[Em] Should have been a farming [C] man, teach my boy to plow the [G] land, leave this wicked winter [D] just a couple [Eb] acres greener [Em] when I go.
[G]
[D] [Cm] [Em] I've never been so thirsty [C] to get my soul right, [G] but like a summer bug [D] I've been burned [C] by the [Em] blinding light.
Never stayed in church for [C] long, off accusing white [G] folks on Sunday morning never [D] was as real [Gbm] as Friday [C] night.
I want to [G] celebrate my sins, there's [D] a time to save up [Em] and a time [G] to [C] spend.
I'm too young [G] for the past tense, [D] all this worrying about [C] what might [Eb] have been.
[A]
[Em] Should have been a preacher, [C] man, let the good Lord show [G] me where to stand, in [D] this earthly halfway [Eb] [Em] hole.
Should have been a [C] farming man, teach my boy to [G] plow the land, leave this wicked winter [D] just a couple acres [A] [Em] greener when I go.
[C] Leave [G] this wicked winter.
[D]
[Cm] [Em] [C]
[G] [D] [A]
[C] Someday they'll [G] write my name up [D] on a stone, [E] and I won't [D] be there to [C] see it.
Up on [G] Calvary calling me, [D] I know [Eb] they'll say.
[A] [Em] Should have been a preacher, [C] man, let the good Lord show [G] me where to stand, in [D] this earthly [Am] halfway hole.
[Em] Should have been a farming [C] man, teach my boy to plow the [G] land, leave this wicked winter just [D] a couple [Eb] acres greener.
[Em] Should have [Bm] been a preacher, man, let the good Lord show me [N] where to stand, in this earthly [G] halfway hole.
Should have been a farming [E] man, teach my boy [N] to plow the land, leave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener when I go.
This is [Gbm] called a couple acres [G] greener
[C]
[G] [Eb]
[Em] [C]
[G] [D] [Em]
[C]
[G] [D] [A]
[Em] [C]
[G] [D] [Gbm]
[C] [G] begin [D] there's a time to save up and [Em] a time [G]
to [C] spend.
I'm too [G] young for the past tense, all [D] this worrying about [Eb] what might have been.
[A] [Em] Should have been a preacher, [C] man, let the good Lord show me [G] where to stand, [D] in this earthly [A] halfway hole.
[Em] Should have been a farming [C] man, teach my boy to plow the [G] land, leave this wicked winter [D] just a couple [Eb] acres greener [Em] when I go.
[G]
[D] [Cm] [Em] I've never been so thirsty [C] to get my soul right, [G] but like a summer bug [D] I've been burned [C] by the [Em] blinding light.
Never stayed in church for [C] long, off accusing white [G] folks on Sunday morning never [D] was as real [Gbm] as Friday [C] night.
I want to [G] celebrate my sins, there's [D] a time to save up [Em] and a time [G] to [C] spend.
I'm too young [G] for the past tense, [D] all this worrying about [C] what might [Eb] have been.
[A]
[Em] Should have been a preacher, [C] man, let the good Lord show [G] me where to stand, in [D] this earthly halfway [Eb] [Em] hole.
Should have been a [C] farming man, teach my boy to [G] plow the land, leave this wicked winter [D] just a couple acres [A] [Em] greener when I go.
[C] Leave [G] this wicked winter.
[D]
[Cm] [Em] [C]
[G] [D] [A]
[C] Someday they'll [G] write my name up [D] on a stone, [E] and I won't [D] be there to [C] see it.
Up on [G] Calvary calling me, [D] I know [Eb] they'll say.
[A] [Em] Should have been a preacher, [C] man, let the good Lord show [G] me where to stand, in [D] this earthly [Am] halfway hole.
[Em] Should have been a farming [C] man, teach my boy to plow the [G] land, leave this wicked winter just [D] a couple [Eb] acres greener.
[Em] Should have [Bm] been a preacher, man, let the good Lord show me [N] where to stand, in this earthly [G] halfway hole.
Should have been a farming [E] man, teach my boy [N] to plow the land, leave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener when I go.
Key:
G
C
D
Em
Eb
G
C
D
_ _ _ Hey, North Carolina, we are Mipso from Chapel Hill, and this is a song [G] from our new album coming out in October
This is [Gbm] called a couple acres [G] _ greener
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Gbm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ begin [D] there's a time to save up and [Em] a time [G]
to [C] spend.
I'm too [G] young for the past tense, all [D] this worrying about [Eb] what might have been.
[A] _ _ _ _ [Em] Should have been a preacher, [C] man, let the good Lord show me [G] where to stand, [D] in this earthly [A] halfway hole.
[Em] Should have been a farming [C] man, teach my boy to plow the [G] land, leave this wicked winter [D] just a couple [Eb] acres greener [Em] when I go. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Cm] _ [Em] I've never been so thirsty [C] to get my soul right, [G] but like a summer bug [D] I've been burned [C] by the [Em] blinding light.
Never stayed in church for [C] long, off accusing white [G] folks on Sunday morning never [D] was as real [Gbm] as Friday [C] night.
I want to [G] celebrate my sins, there's [D] a time to save up [Em] and a time [G] to [C] spend.
I'm too young [G] for the past tense, [D] all this worrying about [C] what might [Eb] have been.
_ [A] _ _
_ [Em] Should have been a preacher, [C] man, let the good Lord show [G] me where to stand, in [D] this earthly halfway [Eb] [Em] hole.
Should have been a [C] farming man, teach my boy to [G] plow the land, leave this wicked winter [D] just a couple acres [A] [Em] greener when I go.
_ _ [C] Leave _ [G] _ this wicked winter.
[D] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [C] _ Someday they'll [G] write my name up [D] on a stone, [E] and I won't [D] be there to [C] see it.
Up on [G] Calvary calling me, [D] I know _ [Eb] they'll say.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ Should have been a preacher, [C] man, let the good Lord show [G] me where to stand, in [D] this earthly [Am] halfway hole.
[Em] Should have been a farming [C] man, teach my boy to plow the [G] land, leave this wicked winter just [D] a couple [Eb] acres greener.
[Em] Should have [Bm] been a preacher, man, let the good Lord show me [N] where to stand, in this earthly [G] halfway hole.
Should have been a farming [E] man, teach my boy [N] to plow the land, leave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener when I go.
This is [Gbm] called a couple acres [G] _ greener
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Gbm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ begin [D] there's a time to save up and [Em] a time [G]
to [C] spend.
I'm too [G] young for the past tense, all [D] this worrying about [Eb] what might have been.
[A] _ _ _ _ [Em] Should have been a preacher, [C] man, let the good Lord show me [G] where to stand, [D] in this earthly [A] halfway hole.
[Em] Should have been a farming [C] man, teach my boy to plow the [G] land, leave this wicked winter [D] just a couple [Eb] acres greener [Em] when I go. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Cm] _ [Em] I've never been so thirsty [C] to get my soul right, [G] but like a summer bug [D] I've been burned [C] by the [Em] blinding light.
Never stayed in church for [C] long, off accusing white [G] folks on Sunday morning never [D] was as real [Gbm] as Friday [C] night.
I want to [G] celebrate my sins, there's [D] a time to save up [Em] and a time [G] to [C] spend.
I'm too young [G] for the past tense, [D] all this worrying about [C] what might [Eb] have been.
_ [A] _ _
_ [Em] Should have been a preacher, [C] man, let the good Lord show [G] me where to stand, in [D] this earthly halfway [Eb] [Em] hole.
Should have been a [C] farming man, teach my boy to [G] plow the land, leave this wicked winter [D] just a couple acres [A] [Em] greener when I go.
_ _ [C] Leave _ [G] _ this wicked winter.
[D] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [C] _ Someday they'll [G] write my name up [D] on a stone, [E] and I won't [D] be there to [C] see it.
Up on [G] Calvary calling me, [D] I know _ [Eb] they'll say.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ Should have been a preacher, [C] man, let the good Lord show [G] me where to stand, in [D] this earthly [Am] halfway hole.
[Em] Should have been a farming [C] man, teach my boy to plow the [G] land, leave this wicked winter just [D] a couple [Eb] acres greener.
[Em] Should have [Bm] been a preacher, man, let the good Lord show me [N] where to stand, in this earthly [G] halfway hole.
Should have been a farming [E] man, teach my boy [N] to plow the land, leave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener when I go.