ALABAMA PINES - Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
Capo 4
Intro : C
CCmaj9
Well I moved into this room, if you could call it that, a week ago.
Am
I never do what I'm supposed to do.
Am7Fmaj7
I hardly even know my name anymore.
C
When no one calls it out, it kinda vanishes away.
CCmaj9
I can't get to sleep at night. The parking lot's so loud and bright.
Am
The a/c hasn't worked in twenty years.
Am7Fmaj7
Probably never made a single person cold,
C
but I can't say the same for me. I've done it many times.
Cmaj9AmAm7Fmaj7C
Somebody take me home through those Alabama pines.
CCmaj9
You can't drive through Talladega on a weekend in October.
AmAm7
Head up north to Jacksonville. Cut around and over.
Fmaj7
Watch your speed in Boiling Springs.
C
They ain't got a thing to do. They'll get you every time.
Cmaj9AmAm7Fmaj7C
Somebody take me home through those Alabama pines.
Cmaj9AmAm7Fmaj7C
Somebody take me home through those Alabama pines.
CCmaj9AmAm7Fmaj7
Ohh Ohhh Ohhh Ohhh Ohhh
CCmaj9AmAm7Fmaj7
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CCmaj9
If we pass through on a Sunday, better make a stop at Wayne's.
AmAm7
It's the only open liquor store north, and I can't stand the pain
Fmaj7
of being by myself without a little help
C
on a Sunday afternoon.
CCmaj9
I needed that damn woman like a dream needs gasoline.
Am
I tried to be some ancient kind of man,
Am7Fmaj7
one that's never seen the beauty in the world,
C
but I tried to chase it down... tried to make the whole thing mine.
Cmaj9AmAm7Fmaj7C
Somebody take me home through those Alabama pines.
Cmaj9AmAm7Fmaj7C
Somebody take me home through those Alabama pines.
CCmaj9AmAm7Fmaj7
Ohh Ohhh Ohhh Ohhh Ohhh
CCmaj9AmAm7Fmaj7
Ohh Ohhh Ohhh Ohhh Ohhh
CCmaj9
I've been stuck here in this town, if you could call it that, a year or two.
Am
I never do what I'm supposed to do.
Am7Fmaj7
I don't even need a name anymore.
C
When no one calls it out, it kinda vanishes away.
CCmaj9
No one gives a damn about the things I give a damn about.
AmAm7
The liberties that we can't do without seem to disappear
Fmaj7
like ghosts in the air.
C
When we don't even care, it truly vanishes away.
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Am7 =302010
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