Dollar Store Tents
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste:
2nd traste
As recorded by John R. Miller
(From the 2023 Album HEAT COMES DOWN)
Capo 2nd fret
[Intro]
N.C.
[Verse 1]
Am C
They made a city out of dollar store tents
D Em
Whatever’s left in the abandonment
F C
The money’s gone somewhere else to be spent
G
Dead leaves in the garden
Am C
Mercury burstin in empty rooms
D Em
Waiting for a new cycle to bloom
F C
Nothin to learn now, one could assume
G
There’s things that don’t get rescued
[Chorus]
F Dm
Every peaceful valley’s been found
Am C
And the promised land was mineral-rich
Dm
So the blood got sucked right out
Am G D7 N.C.
Man, ain’t that a son of a bitch
[Fiddle Solo]
Am C D Em F
C G
[Verse 2]
Am C
Some people never try to dance
D Em
Some romanticize their ignorance
F C
But you can’t hide behind a paper fence
G
And nobody goes out innocent
Am C
Stubborn as a slow refrain
D Em
Some things can’t be measured in gains
F C
It’s all washed away by the coming rain
G
What’s gonna take its place?
[Chorus]
F Dm
Every peaceful valley’s been found
Am C
And the promised land was mineral-rich
Dm
So the blood got sucked right out
Am G D N.C.
Man, ain’t that a son of a bitch
[Guitar Solos]
Am C D Em F C
G Am C D Em F
C G Em Am Dm
[Chorus]
F Dm
Every peaceful valley’s been found
Am C
And the promised land was mineral-rich
Dm
So the blood got sucked right out
Am G
Man, ain’t that a son of a bitch
[Outro]
D F Am G D F
Em F Em G F
G Am G D
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