Intro & Verse chords DDAED5 e|-2---0--|---------------|------------|----------------------------------------| B|-3---3--|--0h1-1-0-----0|----1-0-----|--0h3-3-3-3-----------------------------| G|-2---2--|--0h2-----2-0--|0-0-----2-0-|--0h2-2-4-2-----------------------------| D|-0---0--|--0h2----------|0h2---------|--0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------| A|--------|--0-0----------|0h2---------|----------------------------------------| E|--------|---------------|0-0---------|----------------------------------------| D Dsus2 Pictures of the farm before us Am Old men in a gospel chorus Em D5 Sepia and saddle horses Easy on the reins D Dsus2 '81 a motor and your Am Mama's 17 again Em D5 She's squinting at the dusty wind the anger of the plains e|---2--/-0-|--3-3-x-3---|-5-5-x-3---|--0-0-x-2---|--------------------------| B|---3--/-6-|--5-5-x-5---|-5-5-x-5---|--1-1-x-3---|--------------------------| G|---2--/-5-|--5-5-x-4---|-5-5-x-4---|--2-2-x-2---|--------------------------| D|---0--/-0-|--0-0-x-0---|-0-0-x-0---|--0-0-x-0---|--------------------------| A|----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------| E|----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------| D Dsus2 You and I were almost nothing Am Pray to God that God was bluffing Em D5 17 ain't old enough to reason with the pain D Dsus2 How could we expect the two to Am stay in love when neither knew the Em D5 meaning of the difference between sacred and profane Chorus Chords CGDDDAG/B e|---3-----|----3-----|----2----|---3-----|---0----|----3----|----3----------| B|---3-----|----3-----|----3----|---3-----|---3----|----3----|----3----------| G|---0-----|----0-----|----2----|---2-----|---2----|----0----|----0----------| D|---2-----|----0-----|----0----|---0-----|---0----|----2----|----x----------| A|---3-----|----2-----|---------|---------|--------|----0----|----2----------| E|---------|----3-----|---------|---------|--------|---------|---------------| C9 G I was riding on my mother's hip Dsus2 She was shorter than the corn C9 G All the years I took from her A7 C9B Just by being born e|---2--/-0-|--3-3-x-3---|-5-5-x-3---|--0-0-x-2---|--------------------------| x2 B|---3--/-6-|--5-5-x-5---|-5-5-x-5---|--1-1-x-3---|--------------------------| G|---2--/-5-|--5-5-x-4---|-5-5-x-4---|--2-2-x-2---|--------------------------| D|---0--/-0-|--0-0-x-0---|-0-0-x-0---|--0-0-x-0---|--------------------------| A|----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------| E|----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------| D Dsus2 Didn't mean to break the cycle Am At 17 I went by Michael Em D5 No one ever called me by my own name anyway D Dsus2 Five full generations living Am Em All these expectations giving way to one D5 Late to have a baby on the way Chorus C9 G You were riding on your mother's hip Dsus2 She was shorter than the corn C9 G All the years you took from her A7 GC9 Just by being born