Intro -x2-: Gm Eb Gm Eb Verse 1: Gm Eb All my flannels made in Bangladesh Gm Eb All my t shirts in Vietnam Gm Eb There are places that we quietly ignore Bb F There are places that we go and bomb Gm Eb You know I thought an awful lot about Jesus Gm Eb Even more about Lao Tzu Gm Eb You say that the way of the Tao is to do nothing Bb F Then what the hell am I supposed to do Pre-Chorus: Cm You know the harder you think, the deeper you sink Eb The tighter you grip, the more that you slip Chorus: Bb So I'm singing this song about loving Eb Bb All the people that you've come to hate Eb Bb It's true what they say, I'm gonna diе someday Gm Cm Why am I holding on to all this weight? Bb You know I really thought that thеre'd be power Eb Bb In thinking half of y'all was just born fools Eb Bb Thought I was gathering oats for my horses Gm Cm Gm Eb Gm Eb I was getting by whipping my mules Verse 2: Gm Eb There's a book I read I don't remember Gm Eb There's a place I've been I've never seen Gm Eb There's a note that I wrote that went up in smoke Bb F There's some songs I don't ever sing Gm Eb You know the stars in the sky were burning Gm Eb Most are burning unbeknownst to me Gm Eb I wish I would've paid more attention Bb F To the bigger things I didn't see Pre-Chorus: Cm You know the harder you think, the deeper you sink Eb The tighter you grip, the more that you slip Chorus: Bb So I'm singing this song about loving Eb Bb All the people that you've come to hate Eb Bb It's true what they say, I'm gonna diе someday Gm Cm Why am I holding on to all this weight? Bb You know I really thought that thеre'd be power Eb Bb In thinking half of y'all was just born fools Eb Bb Thought I was gathering oats for my horses Gm Cm Gm I was getting by whipping my mules Bridge: F I got some bricks so thick that they don't make sense Eb Bb In the walls up in my mind Eb Bb But life is pretty short and the road's got forks Gm Cm So I take 'em down while I got time Pre-Chorus: Cm You know the harder you think, the deeper you sink Eb The tighter you grip, the further you slip Out-Chorus: Bb So I'm singing this song about loving Eb Bb All the people that you've come to hate Eb Bb It's true what they say, I'm gonna diе someday Gm Cm Why am I holding on to all this weight? Bb You know I really thought that thеre'd be power Eb Bb In thinking half of y'all was just born fools Eb Bb Thought I was gathering oats for my horses Gm Cm Bb I was getting by whipping my mules
