This Old Skin

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[Verse]

       C      Em
It was '96 in South Carolina
           F                       
That's the place and not the 
  G
goddamn year
C                           Em
Sittin' on the porch out at Bobby's 
place
     F                     G
Just tuggin' on a Lukewarm beer


[Pre-Chorus]

   F                             
And there I was peepin' like an old 
Dm
sidewinder
        F                    Dm
Just an inch or so above the mud
   Am                      F
The first to find out that it's 
rainin'
       C                       G
Is the last to find out it's a flood


[Verse]

          C                   Em
And it was paradise valley Nevada
    F                           G
Not far from where the west was won
         C                     
I am the only black face in the 
 Em
whole damn place
       F                      G
Just a raisin' in the blazing sun


[Pre-Chorus]

   F                     Dm
And there I am like that old 
sidewinder
     F                           
Just wishin' that her eggs ain't 
Dm
hatched
    Am                       F
And the chain I wear has 'em wishin'
 for the day
     C                   G
When it came with a ball attached


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[Chorus]

              C   Em           
So I'm gonna move,   right outta 
        F
this town
G      C        Em              
  This old skin, stops weighing 
    F
me down
G
 This old skin


[Bridge]

       F                        Dm
He was sittin' in the very same spot
 that Otis
C                          Am
Sat to watch the dock of the bay
      Bb                       
In the very same spot, that the 
Dm
ships rolled in
           G
Now there's nothin' but the mud and 
the clay


[Chorus]

           C    Em                
I'm gonna move,   right outta this
  F
 town
G      C        Em               
 This old skin     is weighing me 
  F
down
G
 This old skin


[Instrumental]

C Em F G


[Verse]

C                        Em
Outside Orlando when the sunshine 
state
   F                          G
Has just upped itself another degree
         C                       
I am the very last orange of the 
Em
whole year's crop
  F                                
Hangin' dearly to the branch of the
 G
 tree


[Pre-Chorus]

     F                             
And the wind and the spring 
  Dm
couldn't do anything
      F                      Dm
So I'm burnin' in the sun of the 
south
Am                         F
That old sidewinder in the dust 
below
        C                          
I'm just waiting till it opens its 
G
mouth


[Chorus]

             C    Em           
So I'm gonna move,   right outta 
        F
this town
G           C       Em    
 When this old skin,  finally 
                 F
touches the ground
G
 This old skin


[Bridge]

       F                        Dm
He was sittin' in the very same spot
 that Otis
C                          Am
Sat to watch the dock of the bay
      Bb                       
In the very same spot, that the 
Dm
ships rolled in
           G
Now there's nothin' but the mud and 
the clay


[Chorus]

               C    Em            
Now, I'm gonna move,   right outta
       F
 this town
G           C       Em     
 When this old skin,   finally 
                 F     G
touches the ground
     C       Em       F        G
This old skin    This old skin
     C    Em  F  G         C
This old skin      This old skin