G         C   G          C


[Verse 1]
C     C/B   Am
Oh country down 
G                        C
Where I found my proving ground 
C    C/B           Am
All along the floodline 
G                   C
Wheels are turning around 
G                         C
The hills roll out like centuries 
G                  C
Pass by without a sound 
G      F       Am      G
Just a mile outside of town 


[Verse 2]
C       C/B   Am
Down-river bound 
G                                C
Where the limit to your sky fell down 
C              C/B  Am
A plot against your will 
G                     C
Is furrowed into your brow 
G                       C
Against your better judgment 
G                   C
It's all behind you now 
G      F       Am      G
Just a mile outside of town 


[Bridge 1]
D              F 
What's the use in being found 
Am                         G
When you can lose yourself in some good ground? 
D                       F
In the weeds hiding downriver right next door 
Am            
There's no frame around your picture 
G
Just a view through my back door 


[Harmpnica solo]
C      C/B  Am    G   C  x2
G      C      G      C  
G      F   Am      G


[Verse 3]
C     C/B  Am
Time evermore 
         G                         C
You just found what you're looking for 
C       C/B  Am   
E|-----| A tiger rose
        G                   C
Growing through your prison door 
G              C     
Reaching for sunlight
      G         C
Can't see it anymore 
G      F         Am      G
Just a mile from my back door 


[Bridge 2]
D                      F
You could wake up on a lifeboat 'neath the sun 
Am
On a ladder up to the sky 
G
You're standing on the lowest rung 
D                   F
Holding a lifeline, using my best defense 
Am                      G
Running in the undertow I couldn't fight against 


[Verse 4]
C      C/B  Am
Oh lay me down 
G                         C
Where we found my proving ground 
C           C/B    Am
All along the floodline 
G                  C
Waves are turning around 
G                       C
The hills roll out like centuries 
G                 C
Pass by without a sound 
G      F       Am      G      
Just a mile outside of town