Chords for Steve Earle - Waitin' On The Sky
Tempo:
143.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
C
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [G]
I grew up in a military town, living on a sky-to-palm.
Everybody I knew hanging around, [A] wondering what to [G] do when the draft board called.
Looking back, it must have been a miracle, now I never grew up at all.
Singing about living in a military [D] town, painting on a sky [G]-to-palm.
[C] Painting on a sky-to-palm, [G] boy, painting on a sky-to -palm.
Chicken leather would make a number, [D] boys, painting on a sky [G]-to -palm.
[D] [G]
[A] [G]
Spent a lonely lifetime ruling down the lines, searching for the holy grail.
Everyone's crossed my solitary [A] mind, giving me such [G] consecrated quest to fail.
Draw my phone on lotion, much to my chagrin, they told me that ship is sailed.
Walking on the water, cause I never learned to [D] swim, searching for the [G] holy grail.
[C] Searching for the holy grail, friends, [G] searching for the holy grail.
Been across the ocean, now I'm back [D] again, searching for the [E] holy grail.
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [G]
[C]
[G]
[D]
[G]
Been [D] around, I never [G] knew a little bit, now I'm sitting on top of the world.
Hanging on a guitar while the sun goes [A] down, singing a song [G] about a red-headed girl.
Was the time I would have said them days was gone, but I'm giving it another whirl.
Didn't know that I was gonna live this long, [A] now I'm sitting on top of [G] the world.
[C] Sitting on top of the world, yeah, [G] sitting on top of the world.
I'm wide open till the messenger [A] calls, sitting on top of [G] the world.
[Am] [C]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[N]
I grew up in a military town, living on a sky-to-palm.
Everybody I knew hanging around, [A] wondering what to [G] do when the draft board called.
Looking back, it must have been a miracle, now I never grew up at all.
Singing about living in a military [D] town, painting on a sky [G]-to-palm.
[C] Painting on a sky-to-palm, [G] boy, painting on a sky-to -palm.
Chicken leather would make a number, [D] boys, painting on a sky [G]-to -palm.
[D] [G]
[A] [G]
Spent a lonely lifetime ruling down the lines, searching for the holy grail.
Everyone's crossed my solitary [A] mind, giving me such [G] consecrated quest to fail.
Draw my phone on lotion, much to my chagrin, they told me that ship is sailed.
Walking on the water, cause I never learned to [D] swim, searching for the [G] holy grail.
[C] Searching for the holy grail, friends, [G] searching for the holy grail.
Been across the ocean, now I'm back [D] again, searching for the [E] holy grail.
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [G]
[C]
[G]
[D]
[G]
Been [D] around, I never [G] knew a little bit, now I'm sitting on top of the world.
Hanging on a guitar while the sun goes [A] down, singing a song [G] about a red-headed girl.
Was the time I would have said them days was gone, but I'm giving it another whirl.
Didn't know that I was gonna live this long, [A] now I'm sitting on top of [G] the world.
[C] Sitting on top of the world, yeah, [G] sitting on top of the world.
I'm wide open till the messenger [A] calls, sitting on top of [G] the world.
[Am] [C]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[N]
Key:
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A
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ I grew up in a military town, living on a sky-to-palm.
_ _ Everybody I knew hanging around, [A] wondering what to [G] do when the draft board called.
Looking back, it must have been a miracle, now I never grew up at all.
_ Singing about living in a military [D] town, painting on a sky [G]-to-palm.
_ [C] _ Painting on a sky-to-palm, [G] boy, painting on a sky-to _ _ -palm.
Chicken leather would make a number, [D] boys, painting on a sky [G]-to _ -palm. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ Spent a lonely lifetime ruling down the lines, searching for the holy grail.
_ _ Everyone's crossed my solitary [A] mind, giving me such [G] consecrated quest to fail.
Draw my phone on lotion, much to my chagrin, they told me that ship is sailed.
_ Walking on the water, cause I never learned to [D] swim, searching for the [G] holy grail.
_ _ [C] Searching for the holy grail, friends, [G] searching for the holy grail.
_ _ Been across the ocean, now I'm back [D] again, searching for the [E] holy grail.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Been [D] around, I never [G] knew a little bit, now I'm sitting on top of the world.
_ Hanging on a guitar while the sun goes [A] down, singing a song [G] about a red-headed girl.
Was the time I would have said them days was gone, but I'm giving it another _ whirl.
_ Didn't know that I was gonna live this long, [A] now I'm sitting on top of [G] the world.
_ [C] Sitting on top of the world, yeah, [G] sitting on top of the world.
_ _ I'm wide open till the messenger _ [A] calls, sitting on top of [G] the world.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ I grew up in a military town, living on a sky-to-palm.
_ _ Everybody I knew hanging around, [A] wondering what to [G] do when the draft board called.
Looking back, it must have been a miracle, now I never grew up at all.
_ Singing about living in a military [D] town, painting on a sky [G]-to-palm.
_ [C] _ Painting on a sky-to-palm, [G] boy, painting on a sky-to _ _ -palm.
Chicken leather would make a number, [D] boys, painting on a sky [G]-to _ -palm. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ Spent a lonely lifetime ruling down the lines, searching for the holy grail.
_ _ Everyone's crossed my solitary [A] mind, giving me such [G] consecrated quest to fail.
Draw my phone on lotion, much to my chagrin, they told me that ship is sailed.
_ Walking on the water, cause I never learned to [D] swim, searching for the [G] holy grail.
_ _ [C] Searching for the holy grail, friends, [G] searching for the holy grail.
_ _ Been across the ocean, now I'm back [D] again, searching for the [E] holy grail.
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_ _ Been [D] around, I never [G] knew a little bit, now I'm sitting on top of the world.
_ Hanging on a guitar while the sun goes [A] down, singing a song [G] about a red-headed girl.
Was the time I would have said them days was gone, but I'm giving it another _ whirl.
_ Didn't know that I was gonna live this long, [A] now I'm sitting on top of [G] the world.
_ [C] Sitting on top of the world, yeah, [G] sitting on top of the world.
_ _ I'm wide open till the messenger _ [A] calls, sitting on top of [G] the world.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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