The Great Divide

INTRO:
Am   G   F   G
Am   G   F   G
Dm   F   C   G
Dm   Am  C   G
Am   Am


VERSE:
 Am
Mama's crying in the back room she won't let nobody in
         G                                    Am
There's bill's to pay and mouths to feed and daddys drunk again
 Am
Rain comes through the trailer roof and fills the buckets to the brim
    G                                              Am
Between the death and cigarettes a childhood gives in

Am                       Dm
And out of trailer parks and foreclosed homes
   G                           C
I cut my teeth so bittersweet out on the road
 C                                   Dm
But now I'm getting old and it's so hard to settle down
        G                        E                 Am
Leave another low down city to another goddamn town


INMSTRUMENTAL:
Am   G   F   G
Am   G   F   G   Am   Am


VERSE:
Am
Lay down upon the barren earth and rest your weary eyes
      G                         Am
Dive deep into your memory and lock yourself inside
 Am
Remember how the roses grew when watered with sweet tea
        G
Those southern nights those golden days you layed
                 Am
Yourself besides me


VERSE:
Am             C               Am                     D
I'm bound for better days and hope these wounds will heal
      G                                   C
But scars last till the bitter end when flesh breaks under steal
                             Dm
At night I like awake and I wish I would've stayed
 G
Out on the banks and lowman road
E                    Am
 Till the end of my days


CHORUS:
 Dm                   Am              C
You'll find a new way and a life in truth
                      G                  Dm
And you finally will see dear God let me be
                Am           C
You go your way and I'll go mine
                           G
I won't cross the Great Divide
              Dm                   Am                C
Although sometimes in the morning when it hurts the most
C
I hear you calling me
 G
Dear God let me be
 Dm                   Am              C
You'll find a new way and a life in truth
                      G        E         Am
And you finally will see dear God let me be


INMSTRUMENTAL:
Am   G   F   G
Am   G   F   G   Am   Am


VERSE:
Am
So if you see my darlin' won't you send my love
 G                               Am
Six months to the day and she is all I'm thinking of
Am
See to it she's got a coat against the winters cold
   G                                       Am
A fireplace to keep her warm and rest her weary souls


VERSE:
               C            Dm
Are bound by blood and fire until the very end
    G                                C
A heart that's bound by wild desire will not give in
                                  Dm
So lay yourself down easy in the bitter root and pine
          G             Em
Let the trials of this world make you stronger
    E       Am
Or pass you bye


CHORUS:
 Am           Dm      Am              C
You'll find a new way and a life in truth
                      G                  Dm
And you finally will see dear God let me be
                Am           C
You go your way and I'll go mine
                           G
I won't cross the Great Divide
                   Dm              Am                C
Although sometimes in the morning when it hurts the most
C
I hear you calling me
 G
Dear God let me be
 Dm                   Am              C
You'll find a new way and a life in truth
                      G                  Dm
And you finally will see dear God let me be


OUTRO:
Dm   F   C   G
Dm   F   C   G   E  Am