Bury Your Head Down In Michigan

* Strum once [Intro] Em7 Move up north Em7* Cadd9 G6 Leave behind your parents, your pets Cadd9 G6 your siblings and friends Em7 Move up north Cadd9 G6 You can always fake your death Cadd9 G6 and go bury your head down Em7 in Michigan Em7 Em7* [Verse 1] Em7 I came across a lonely boy and I asked him his story Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 and I listened to what he had to say: Em7 "I had to run away Em7 I had to leave my home Cadd9 G6 My father drowned himself in liquor Cadd9 G6 and my mother was never Cadd9 G6 really in the picture Em7 I never had a friend to my name Cadd9 G6 So I walked here from Maryland Cadd9 G6 I wanted to start new again Em7 But everything is worse...If not, the same" Em7 And I had to let him stay Em7 I had to let him tag along, what could go wrong? Cadd9 G6 (I mean) he's awfully sweet Cadd9 G6 And the company completes me [Chorus 1] Em7 Your father and your sister are both sitting back at home Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 Your father grabs a beer and your sister's all alone Em7 They noticed you went missing, like seven days ago Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 But they never bothered to follow your footprints in the snow Em7 (Did they even?..) Em7 (Did they even?..) [Verse 2] Em7 Headed north Cadd9 G6 When we were halfway there Cadd9 G6 Em7 we stopped and we stared at the river Em7 Headed north Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 I've never seen a place like this before [Verse 3] Cadd9 G6 We got stopped by the cops Cadd9 G6 We headed to the station Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 Me and the little boy were shakin' Cadd9 G6 They asked us where we came from Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 We said that we were locals, but the cops G6 Cadd9 G6* didn't buy it one... bit Em7 So we stayed overnight, but we couldn't sleep Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 We stayed up til we saw the rising morning Em7 The boy got sent back to Maryland Em7 To this day, I can't get through to him Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 But no one ever came to claim... me Em7 And I cry all.. Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 Cry all.. G Cry all day G Cry all day Em7, Em7 Em7 [Verse 4] Cadd9 G6 Headed for Michigan Cadd9 G6 I just want to start new again Em7 But I don't have a friend to my name Cadd9 G6 I'm headed for Michigan Cadd9 G6 I just want to start new again Em7 Em7* But everything is worse...If not the same N.C Em7 So I'll cry all day Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 I'll cry allllllllllll Em7 Day Cadd9, G6 Cadd9, G G* [Bridge] Em7 Well, I'll make my bed in some bushes Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 Hope I wake up safe Em7 Lay my head in the dumpster Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 Hope I wake up okay Em7 Maybe leaving home wasn't my greatest thought Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 I'm cold, hungry, and lost [Chorus 2] Em7 My father and my mother are still sitting back at home Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 I've sat and pondered calling them on a payphone Em7 They noticed I went missing, like several weeks ago Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 But I doubt they'd bother to follow my footprints in the snow Em7 My father and my mother are still sitting back at home Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 Well, I'm all out of money, so I can't afford the phone Em7 Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 But I doubt they'd bother to follow my footprints in the snow G* Or did they even know? [Outro] Em7 (What could go wrong?) Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 Em7 (What could go... wrong?) Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 Em7 (What could go... wrong?) Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 (I cry all night long) Em7 (While nature sings its haunting, mocking Cadd9 G6 Cadd9 G6 fucking taunting song) G* (What could go wrong?)