Humboldt County
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
E A E A* E A E A*
[Verse]
E A
Just out of San Quentin in my seven-dollar shoes
E A*
on a bus to Humboldt County, one row back of you
E A
I try to get you talking just to pass some time away
G B
and you smile and ask me am I saved
B
E A
You're going to redwoods, to a rural ministry
E A*
to carry Jesus' love to guys a lot like me
E A
You tell me about Bible camp, how you loved it there
G B
and if I lean close, I can smell your hair
B
[Chourus]
A E
and it's a long way to Humboldt County
A E
It's a long, dark ride through the tall, tall trees
A C#m C#m
You say you're walking with the Saviour
A
Well, if you keep on talking, girl,
B E
maybe you can save me.
E A* E A*
[Verse]
E A
I say my name is Robert, I just turned twenty-one
E A*
You wouldn't want to know about the things I've done
E A
There's nothing to go back to but the bridges that I burned
G B
and the life I wrecked cuz I never learned
B
E A
I tell you a few stories just to see your eyes get wide
E A*
Nothing's looked so pretty since I've been inside
E A
I haven't talked to Jesus since the summer I turned ten
G B
but if you held my hand, I could pray again
B
[Chourus]
A E
and it's a long way to Humboldt County
A E
It's a long, dark ride through the tall, tall trees
A C#m7 C#m
You say you're walking with the Saviour
A
Well, if you keep on talking, girl,
B E
maybe you can save me.
E A E A*
[Verse]
A B
Oh, hold me close, make me new
A B
It wouldn't be a sin if I was doing it with you
C#m A
I'm sure that you could make me be a better man
C B
if I could lie down with you like the lion with the lamb
B E A E A* E A B A*
E A
I'll probably be staying with this woman that I knew
E A*
Yeah, she was my dealer, what you gonna do?
E A
You could make it different if you'd see me through this night
G B
You could change my path, you could make things right
B
[Chourus]
A E
and it's a long way to Humboldt County
A E
It's a long, dark ride through the tall, tall trees
A C#m7 C#m
You say you're walking with the Saviour
A B
Well, if you keep on talking, girl, maybe you-
A B
if you keep on talking, baby, talk me through -
A7 B
if you keep on talking baby, only you
E
can save me.
[Outro]
E A E A*
E A
Save me..
E A*
Save me..
E A E A*
E**
Save me..
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|* Strum 3 times then ring out
|** Strum once
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