The Tunnel
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: AbCapotraste:
1st traste
As recorded by Lori McKenna
(From the 2023 Album 1988)
Capo 1st fret
[Intro]
G C G C
[Verse 1]
G
Near the old folk's home past Page Street and Ash
C
That patch of woods next to the pink laundromat
G C
The things you learn in middle school, you don't learn in class
G
Stole some weed from your uncle, so we hopped the fence
C
By the Section 8 housing, back when we were best friends
G C D
You saw a brick wall, I found a path
C D
The smell of summer water with nowhere to go
C
Hanging like vampires under the road
[Chorus]
G
You said, "You can't get out the same way you came in"
C
Fifteen, you're a kid, sixteen, it changes
Em D C
Those walls could've caved in any second for all that I knew
G
So I held my breath, said a prayer, and kept running
C
Till the shape of the end took the afternoon sun in
Em D C
I don't know how it works or how God picks who gets to get through
D G
It just seems like a lot of life's been mostly the tunnel for you
[Verse 2]
G
Your dad sat on an upside-down bucket in the garage watching westerns
C
With the sound turned down, a cold beer in his left hand
G C
Your mother called him in for dinner, then ate alone
G
No one asks where you're going or asks how you've been
C
And you're covered in tattoos, just under the skin
G C
But you're wearing those long sleeves, so nobody knows
D C D
I bet the road heading south is somebody's north
C
Just like somebody's darkness is somebody's torch
[Chorus]
G
Yeah, you can't get out the same way you came in
C
Still think like a kid when everything changes
Em D C
Those walls could've caved in any second and blacked out the blue
G
And I wanted to save you but I just did nothing
C
Prayed the shape of the end takes the afternoon sun in
Em D C
I don't know how it works or how God picks who gets to get through
D G
It just seems like a lot of life's been mostly the tunnel for you
[Bridge]
F C G
There's a light at the end, a light at the end, keep on running
F C G
There's a light at the end, I promise, my friend, it's coming
Bb Am7
There's a light at the end, a light at the end
[Outro]
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9
How to play The Tunnel
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.