The Great Divide
Matt Beckler
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INTRO:Am G F GAm G F GDm F C GDm Am C GAm Am VERSE:Am Mama's crying in the back room she won't let nobody inG There's bill's to pay and mouths toAm feed and daddys drunk againAm Rain comes through the trailer roof and fills the buckets to the brimG Between the death and cigarettes aAm childhood gives inAm Dm And out of trailer parks and foreclosed homesG C I cut my teeth so bittersweet out on the roadC But now I'm getting old and it's soDm hard to settle downG Leave another low down city toE Am another goddamn town INMSTRUMENTAL:Am G F GAm G F G Am Am VERSE:Am Lay down upon the barren earth and rest your weary eyesG Am Dive deep into your memory and lock yourself insideAm Remember how the roses grew when watered with sweet teaG Those southern nights those golden days you layedAm Yourself besides meContinues after the adVERSE:Am C I'm bound for better days andAm D hope these wounds will healG But scars last till the bitter endC when flesh breaks under stealDm At night I like awake and I wish I would've stayedG Out on the banks and lowman roadE Am Till the end of my days CHORUS:Dm Am You'll find a new way and a lifeC in truthG And you finally will see dear GodDm let me beAm C You go your way and I'll go mineG I won't cross the Great DivideDm Although sometimes in the morningAm C when it hurts the mostC I hear you calling meG Dear God let me beDm Am You'll find a new way and a lifeC in truthG E And you finally will see dear GodAm let me be INMSTRUMENTAL:Am G F GAm G F G Am Am VERSE:Am So if you see my darlin' won't you send my loveG Six months to the day and she is allAm I'm thinking ofAm See to it she's got a coat against the winters coldG A fireplace to keep her warm andAm rest her weary souls VERSE:C Dm Are bound by blood and fire until the very endG A heart that's bound by wild desireC will not give in So lay yourself down easy in theDm bitter root and pineG Em Let the trials of this world make you strongerE Am Or pass you bye CHORUS:Am Dm Am You'll find a new way and a lifeC in truthG And you finally will see dear GodDm let me beAm C You go your way and I'll go mineG I won't cross the Great DivideDm Although sometimes in the morningAm C when it hurts the mostC I hear you calling meG Dear God let me beDm Am You'll find a new way and a lifeC in truthG And you finally will see dear GodDm let me be OUTRO:Dm F C GDm F C G E Am