Intro -x2-: G D C

Verse:
       G                                 D
well my buckle makes impressions on the inside of her thigh
      C
there are little feathered indians where we tussled through the night
       G                                D
if I'd known she was religious then I wouldn't have came stoned
         C
to the house of such an angel too xxxxed up to get back home

Interlude -x2-: G D C

Verse:
      G                          D
lookin' over West Virginia smoking spirits on the roof
      C
she asked ain't anybody told ya that them things are bad for you
        G                                 D
I said many folks had warned me, there's been several people try
             C
but up till now there ain't been nothing that I couldn't leave behind

Chorus:
D7               C
hold me close my dear,
D7                   C
sing your whisperin' song,
D7           C
softly in my ear,
D7              C
and I will sing along


                       Em   D    C
honey tell me how your love runs true
         Em      D        C
and how I can always count on you
D
to be there when the bullets fly
    C              C             C          G
I'd run across the river just to hold you tonight

Interlude -x2-: G D C

Verse:
        G                                     D
well my heart is sweatin' bullets from the circles it has raced
     C
like a little feathered indian calling out the clouds for rain
      G                               D
I go runnin' through the thicket, I go careless through the thorns
     C
just to hold her for a minute, though it'd leave me wanting more

Chorus:
D7               C
hold me close my dear,
D7                   C
sing your whisperin' song,
D7           C
softly in my ear,
D7              C
and I will sing along


                       Em   D    C
honey tell me how your love runs true
         Em      D        C
and how I can always count on you
D
to be there when the bullets fly
    C              C             C          G
I'd run across the river just to hold you tonight

Outro:
   G D C -x2-
   Em