Fireline Road

Intro Am

Am
My name is Alice Walker, they never 
told me why
G
I’m not named for anybody; it’s a 
name out of the sky
                    F
They thought it was pretty I guess, 
way back when
     Am
I’ll change it someday. I like to 
pretend,
I’m Just a visitor here, like on one
 of those shows,
     G
In a house full of people I don’t 
hardly know But we'll
F
all get to home in a week or so
Am
Back to real life

Am
And I’m picking up the carpet in the
 corner where I crash
    G
I’m too tired to separate the 
pennies from the trash
    F
And I don’t guess it matters even 
why Jesus died
Am
I can tell you about sins

Am
We got this duplex up on Fire Line 
Road
     G
It’s way out from town, so the 
rent’s pretty low,
F
Not much more than a cinder block 
cell, just like the
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one next door, and the next one as 
well

Am
And the bus don’t run out here but 
three times a day
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    G
The 7-11, it’s a full mile away
              F
And there’s a car in the yard, 
mostly rust and dents
   Am
We moved here in it, but it hasn’t 
run since

Chorus
G         Am            G        
Forget my name, can you forget my 
 Am
face
G            Am           G     
Gonna lose myself in some finer 
Am
place
G     Am      G          Am
Finer Places, where I’ll go
G             Am           F
I’ll leave no trace out on Fire Line
 Road

Am
And there’s a pile of daddy’s 
quick-picks scattered on the
      G
floor among the half empty bottles, 
a chair against the door
           F
In case he comes home drinkin’, with
 lovin on his mind
    Am
I’d never let it happen, but that 
don’t stop him tryin’
My sister weren’t so lucky, he got 
to her too soon
    G
She never saw it coming, he knew 
just what to do
            F
to keep her silent. I swear to god 
I’ll kill him if I can
Am
said she made him do it, after all 
he’s just a man

Chorus
G         Am            G        
Forget my name, can you forget my 
 Am
face
G            Am           G     
Gonna lose myself in some finer 
Am
place
G     Am      G          Am
Finer Places, where I’ll go
G             Am           F
I’ll leave no trace out on Fire Line
 Road


Instrumental (chorus chords played 
with a glass slide
somewhere past the 12th fret)
G Am G Am G Am G Am G Am G Am G Am F

Am
Now she snorts that crank, and 
stares at the phone
          G
She ain’t big as a minute, just skin
 on bone
    F
She bites her nails right down to 
the quick
            Am
And they’ve taken her babies, and 
they won’t give them back
And I know she loves them and God 
          G
knows she tries,
But when you’re that far down you’re
 just going to get high
          F
It’s like eating or breathing to the
 rest of us
               Am
She can’t even feel bad without the 
stuff

Chorus
G         Am            G        
Forget my name, can you forget my 
 Am
face
G            Am           G     
Gonna lose myself in some finer 
Am
place
G     Am      G          Am
Finer Places, where I’ll go
G             Am           F
I’ll leave no trace out on Fire Line
 Road

Am
My name is Alice Walker, they never 
told me why