Tom Barrett Chords by Ian Noe, Joey Ian Noe
Tempo:
74.55 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Dm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [Bb] [Dm] [F]
[Bb] [Dm] [F]
He was waiting [Bb] for a better time [F] to tell her he'd be [Dm] gone.
[F] It was blowing [Bb] up a storm that night, [Dm] something [F] about it just [Bb] seemed wrong.
[F]
So he waited till [Bb] the morning [F] came, it was lightning all [Bb] around.
[Dm]
And it broke [F] his soul [Bb] when he let her [F] go, [Dm] split [F] that tore up [Bb] town.
[F]
And all [Bb] these [Dm] roads [F] were the [Bb] school that they [Dm] closed.
[F] And [Bb] all these towns [Dm] [F] were the [Bb] school that fell down.
[F] Tom [Bb] Barrett was a killing man, [F] from the 21st to 2nd.
[Dm] Started [Bb] out in a heavy tank, [Dm] tearing [F] down the [Bb] mountain dunes.
[F] And the pilot [Bb] guards would laugh and say, [F] we see you [Bb] back again.
[Dm] Say I tell [Bb] you, if they had their way, [Dm] they'd send me [F] just to [Bb] fight the wind.
[F] And all [Bb] these roads [Dm] were the school [Bb] that they closed.
[Dm] And all [Bb] these towns [Dm] were [F] the school [Bb] that fell down.
[Dm] This life is getting [Bb] old, [Dm] I never see no [Bb] [F] peace.
On the day I [Bb] turned [Dm] 41, I was crawling up [F] a ditch [Bb] in Greece.
[Dm] A [Bb] thousand Indian men, [Dm] they stopped me at [Bb] his gear.
[F] Never knew how they [Bb] handled him, and [Dm] don't guess [F] I ever [Bb] will.
[F] But I was [Bb] [Dm]
[F] [Bb] [Dm]
[F] sitting alone with [Bb] a local [F] guy, amongst the plow [Bb] machines.
[Dm] [F] Pushing piles [Bb] from miles and [Dm] miles, rubber [F] like you've never seen.
And he said, I tell them [Bb] that I've had [F] enough, but no matter where [Bb] I went.
[Dm] They [F] had me caught, [Bb] for the sun came up, [F] tamed and ready to [Bb] rip in.
[F] And all [Bb] these roads [Dm]
[F] were the school [Bb] that they closed.
[Dm] [C] And all [Bb] these [Dm] towns were [Bb] the school that fell down.
[F] [Bb] [Dm] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[N]
[Bb] [Dm] [F]
He was waiting [Bb] for a better time [F] to tell her he'd be [Dm] gone.
[F] It was blowing [Bb] up a storm that night, [Dm] something [F] about it just [Bb] seemed wrong.
[F]
So he waited till [Bb] the morning [F] came, it was lightning all [Bb] around.
[Dm]
And it broke [F] his soul [Bb] when he let her [F] go, [Dm] split [F] that tore up [Bb] town.
[F]
And all [Bb] these [Dm] roads [F] were the [Bb] school that they [Dm] closed.
[F] And [Bb] all these towns [Dm] [F] were the [Bb] school that fell down.
[F] Tom [Bb] Barrett was a killing man, [F] from the 21st to 2nd.
[Dm] Started [Bb] out in a heavy tank, [Dm] tearing [F] down the [Bb] mountain dunes.
[F] And the pilot [Bb] guards would laugh and say, [F] we see you [Bb] back again.
[Dm] Say I tell [Bb] you, if they had their way, [Dm] they'd send me [F] just to [Bb] fight the wind.
[F] And all [Bb] these roads [Dm] were the school [Bb] that they closed.
[Dm] And all [Bb] these towns [Dm] were [F] the school [Bb] that fell down.
[Dm] This life is getting [Bb] old, [Dm] I never see no [Bb] [F] peace.
On the day I [Bb] turned [Dm] 41, I was crawling up [F] a ditch [Bb] in Greece.
[Dm] A [Bb] thousand Indian men, [Dm] they stopped me at [Bb] his gear.
[F] Never knew how they [Bb] handled him, and [Dm] don't guess [F] I ever [Bb] will.
[F] But I was [Bb] [Dm]
[F] [Bb] [Dm]
[F] sitting alone with [Bb] a local [F] guy, amongst the plow [Bb] machines.
[Dm] [F] Pushing piles [Bb] from miles and [Dm] miles, rubber [F] like you've never seen.
And he said, I tell them [Bb] that I've had [F] enough, but no matter where [Bb] I went.
[Dm] They [F] had me caught, [Bb] for the sun came up, [F] tamed and ready to [Bb] rip in.
[F] And all [Bb] these roads [Dm]
[F] were the school [Bb] that they closed.
[Dm] [C] And all [Bb] these [Dm] towns were [Bb] the school that fell down.
[F] [Bb] [Dm] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[N]
Key:
Bb
F
Dm
C
Bb
F
Dm
C
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ _
He was waiting [Bb] for a better time [F] to tell her he'd be [Dm] gone.
[F] It was blowing [Bb] up a storm that night, [Dm] something [F] about it just [Bb] seemed wrong.
[F] _
So he waited till [Bb] the morning [F] came, it was lightning all [Bb] around.
[Dm]
And it broke [F] his soul [Bb] when he let her [F] go, [Dm] split [F] that tore up [Bb] town.
[F] _
And all [Bb] these [Dm] roads [F] were the [Bb] school that they [Dm] closed.
[F] And [Bb] all these towns [Dm] [F] were the [Bb] school that fell down. _
_ [F] Tom [Bb] Barrett was a killing man, [F] from the 21st to 2nd.
[Dm] Started [Bb] out in a heavy tank, [Dm] tearing [F] down the [Bb] mountain dunes.
[F] And the pilot [Bb] guards would laugh and say, [F] we see you [Bb] back again.
[Dm] Say I tell [Bb] you, if they had their way, [Dm] they'd send me [F] just to [Bb] fight the wind.
[F] _ And all [Bb] these roads [Dm] were the school [Bb] that they closed.
[Dm] And all [Bb] these towns [Dm] were [F] the school [Bb] that fell down.
_ _ [Dm] This life is getting [Bb] old, [Dm] I never see no [Bb] [F] peace.
On the day I [Bb] turned [Dm] 41, I was crawling up [F] a ditch [Bb] in Greece.
[Dm] A [Bb] thousand Indian men, [Dm] they stopped me at [Bb] his gear.
[F] Never knew how they [Bb] handled him, and [Dm] don't guess [F] I ever [Bb] will.
[F] But I was [Bb] _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ sitting alone with [Bb] a local [F] guy, amongst the plow [Bb] machines.
_ [Dm] [F] Pushing piles [Bb] from miles and [Dm] miles, rubber [F] like you've never seen.
And he said, I tell them [Bb] that I've had [F] enough, but no matter where [Bb] I went.
[Dm] They [F] had me caught, [Bb] for the sun came up, [F] tamed and ready to [Bb] rip in.
_ [F] And all [Bb] these roads [Dm]
[F] were the school [Bb] that they closed.
[Dm] [C] And all [Bb] these [Dm] towns were [Bb] the school that fell down.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ _
He was waiting [Bb] for a better time [F] to tell her he'd be [Dm] gone.
[F] It was blowing [Bb] up a storm that night, [Dm] something [F] about it just [Bb] seemed wrong.
[F] _
So he waited till [Bb] the morning [F] came, it was lightning all [Bb] around.
[Dm]
And it broke [F] his soul [Bb] when he let her [F] go, [Dm] split [F] that tore up [Bb] town.
[F] _
And all [Bb] these [Dm] roads [F] were the [Bb] school that they [Dm] closed.
[F] And [Bb] all these towns [Dm] [F] were the [Bb] school that fell down. _
_ [F] Tom [Bb] Barrett was a killing man, [F] from the 21st to 2nd.
[Dm] Started [Bb] out in a heavy tank, [Dm] tearing [F] down the [Bb] mountain dunes.
[F] And the pilot [Bb] guards would laugh and say, [F] we see you [Bb] back again.
[Dm] Say I tell [Bb] you, if they had their way, [Dm] they'd send me [F] just to [Bb] fight the wind.
[F] _ And all [Bb] these roads [Dm] were the school [Bb] that they closed.
[Dm] And all [Bb] these towns [Dm] were [F] the school [Bb] that fell down.
_ _ [Dm] This life is getting [Bb] old, [Dm] I never see no [Bb] [F] peace.
On the day I [Bb] turned [Dm] 41, I was crawling up [F] a ditch [Bb] in Greece.
[Dm] A [Bb] thousand Indian men, [Dm] they stopped me at [Bb] his gear.
[F] Never knew how they [Bb] handled him, and [Dm] don't guess [F] I ever [Bb] will.
[F] But I was [Bb] _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ sitting alone with [Bb] a local [F] guy, amongst the plow [Bb] machines.
_ [Dm] [F] Pushing piles [Bb] from miles and [Dm] miles, rubber [F] like you've never seen.
And he said, I tell them [Bb] that I've had [F] enough, but no matter where [Bb] I went.
[Dm] They [F] had me caught, [Bb] for the sun came up, [F] tamed and ready to [Bb] rip in.
_ [F] And all [Bb] these roads [Dm]
[F] were the school [Bb] that they closed.
[Dm] [C] And all [Bb] these [Dm] towns were [Bb] the school that fell down.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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