Chords for Tyler Childers - Work in Progress - Chicago 11-3-17

One of the _ boys, _
[E] his oldest brother, _ _ _ if you ask _ _ [C] _ their father how many college credit hours he has under his belt,
_ he'll tell you he's got one more year and then [E] he's got a degree.
That's not the case.
_ _ For three years he lived in [Eb] Lexington _ and instead of going to UK he took all that money he was supposed to put into college
and he put it into pre [D]-workout and he was a competitive _ [G] bodybuilder. _
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[Bb] And then, you know, that wasn't paying [Em] bills, he got married and [G] he had kids to worry about [Eb] and he joined the railroad.
_ [Bb] And every time that we ever hung out _ he would always _ _ be talking about how when he got done, when he was retired, he was just full of smoke.
_ _ The boys have got this many more years.
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_ _ [Eb] I was thinking about that and wrote [Bb] this song. _
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He _ _ drinks [C] orange juice and vodka in the basement while she's talking.
He's been smoking [F] _ _ somewhat long distance for hours and hours [C] on end.
And as he's slowly sipping, _ he thinks about his children _ and the heart attacks that youngest [Bb] [C] daughter's always given him.
[F] He ain't smoked no _ marijuana since he got on with the railroad.
He's been on with the railroad [Bb] for a long and long _ while.
But the day that he retires, [F]
he will smoke himself to time.
[C] _ He will leave behind his worries as he races [Bb] [F] through the sky. _ _ _ _
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_ She sells him on to her buddies _ _ to save a little money. _
All the makeup she's been using to hide away [C] the ears.
And she sits and watches TV, _ _ _ usually every [Eb] _ [C] evening.
There is some kind of ball game her [F] daughter has to cheer.
She sneaks mint dogs in the morning while her family's still snoring.
And as she burns the eggo, [Bb] she looks back at her life.
That heart she broke in high school, [F] he's singing on the opera.
[C] She wonders what the hell she was [F] thinking at the time.
_ [Bb] For the days are dark, _ down [F] in the holler, _ [C] _ _ waiting for _ the [F] sun to shine. _ _
On [Bb] the back, _ _ you've [F] been breaking, _ _ _ [C] tired, _ _ _ _ peace [F] of mind.
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_ _ _ Their youngest daughter, Stella, she's been running with this fella.
That he cannot stand the thought of, that he surely [C] does despise.
He's told her he'd best never see the two of them together.
But it's hard to keep [Cm] an eye on [F] her, we're working all the time.
There are things he needs to tend to, and the bills the bank keeps him to.
Lord, the heroes on the end keep [Eb] [Bb] pushing further to the right.
Like a freight train hauling sorrow, [F] they're moving ever onward.
[Ab] Through [C] the tunnel of forever, towards a [Bb] never [F]-ending light.
_ For [Bb] the days are _ dark, _ down [F] in the holler, _ _ [C] waiting for _ the sun [F] to shine. _
_ On [Bb] the back, _ _ you've [F] been breaking, _ _ _ [C] tired, _ _ _ _ _ [F] peace of mind.
_ _ _ [C] Tired, _ _ _ _ _ [G] [F] peace of mind. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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