7 Chords used in the song: Em, C, G, D, Cdim, D#dim, F#dim
Rate song!
←
View these chords for the Baritone
Transpose chords:
[Intro]
Em C G D - Cdim x2
[Verse]
Em C
I’ve never been so hungry,
G D Cdim
Seems like twenty-two years I’ve been looking for a fight
Em C
Never stayed in school for long, couldn’t keep my patience on
G D Cdim
Never had the motivation quite to get my timing right
[PRE–CHORUS] 1 + 2:
C G
(I want my story to begin)/(I want to celebrate my sins)
D Em D
There’s a time to save up and a time to
C G
Spend I’m to young for the past tense
D Cdim Cdim Cdim D#dim F#dim
All this worrying about what might have been
[Chorus]
Em C
Should have been a preacher man, let the good book show me where to
G D Cdim
Stand in this earthly half-way home
Em C
Should have been a farmin’ man, teach my boy to plow the land
G D Cdim (Em C G D Cdim)
Leave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener when I go
Em C
I’ve never been so thirsty to get my soul right
G D Cdim
But like a summer bug I’ve been burned by the blinding light
Em C
Never stayed in church for long, pop’lar peoples ‘n white folks songs
G D Cdim
Sunday morning never was as real as Friday Night
[PRE–CHORUS] 2 + CHORUS
[BREAK] OVER VERSE CHORDS
[PRE–CHORUS 3] (one strum each):
C G
Some day they’ll write my name up on a
D Em D
Stone and I won’t be there to see it
C G D Cdim Cdim Cdim D#dim F#dim
Up on Calv’ry calling me I know they’ll say . . .
CHORUS x 2, second time a-capella
Tab comments (0)
No comment yet :(
Need help, a tip to share, or simply want to talk about this song? Start the discussion!
Need help, a tip to share, or simply want to talk about this song? Start the discussion!
About this song: A Couple Acres Greener
No information about this song.