intro – C – C2 – Csus – C – C2 – Csus – C – G 2x’s
C C2 Csus C

it starts with plain geography
C C2 Csus C G
a dozen ways to get to tennessee
C C2 Csus C
south and west and all the rest
C C2 Csus C G
it’s educational to some degree
Am
i’m studying dead languages
F Dm
in hopes that they might rise in melody
F G C ( intro pattern )
with a little speed from you to me

god makes a tabernacle from
a rock , a rib , and our two crooked frames
and houston at the airport where
i saw you there and everything got changed
a ticket home to somewhere north
a compass and a map i could not read
tracing the path from you to me

F Em
a ship out in the dark
F E7
the fog was heavy on my skin
F Em
there appeared , though dim at first ,
F G
a house , a light that drew me in

instrumental – A – A2 – Asus – A – A2 – Asus – A – E – G

bound by chords of kindnesses
and vows that whisper after storms have stilled
against my calculations
clearly i did not dream big enough for this
you and i are on the battlefield
“i Am a man , have mercy , ” did i plea
F Dm
and love it bleeds
F Dm
and love it bleeds
F G
and love it bleeds
F – Em – F – Em – F – G – C
from you to me