Kingston Pike
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Intro
G
[Verso 1]
G C G
What do you do when the sky falls apart?
Em C
When the whole damn thing goes crumbling
G D
Strips your body for its parts?
Em C G Em
When the Fates slip with their scissors, making liars out of stars
C G
What do you do when the sky falls apart?
C G Em
G C G
What do you say to make it through the night?
Em C
To remember how to breathe again
G D/F#
When you fall from such a height?
Em C
Yeah, I'm going home to Nashville
G Em
Headed West on Kingston Pike
C G
What do you say to make it through the night?
[Refrão]
C
Oh, I tried my best
G D/F#
Guess it never came out right
Em C
Thats the thing about a flight risk
G D/F#
Yeah, she'll trade you for the sky
Em C G D/F#
And oh, my mind's a mess, too much for my crooked tongue
Em C G Em C G
Ill take my place there in her history, she'll take hers in all my songs
[Verso 2]
G C G
How do you mend this tearing at the seams
Em C G D
Cause loving her is still in your bones and muscle memory
Em C G Em
When you turn to her on instinct but she's just out of your reach
C G
How do you mend this tearing at the seams?
[Refrão]
C
Oh, I tried my best
G D/F#
Guess it never came out right
Em C
Thats the thing about a flight risk
G D
Yeah, she'll trade you for the sky
Em C G D/F#
And oh, my mind's a mess, too much for my crooked tongue
Em C G D
Ill take my place there in her history, she'll take hers in all my songs
[Ponte]
C B7
And maybe all the promises I ever made
Em D
Were nothing more than building up a gilded cage
[Refrão]
G C
Oh, I tried my best
G D/F#
Guess it never came out right
Em C
Thats the thing about a flight risk
G D/F#
Yeah, she'll trade you for the sky
Em C G D/F#
And oh, my mind's a mess, too much for my crooked tongue
Em C G Em C G
Ill take my place there in her history, she'll take hers in all my songs
Outro
C G
So how do you learn the art of letting go?
Em C G D
When we spent days dreaming of futures that I'll never get to know
Em C G Em
I held promises like diamonds, didn't matter how they shone
C G
So how do you learn the art of letting go?
How to play Kingston Pike
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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