James McMurtry - Blackberry Winter

[Verse 1]
G
I don’t know what went wrong
Cadd9
I ain’t known you that long to begin with
G Cadd9
Leave the rocks in the road, stay away from the river, Virginia
G
There’s not much you can do ‘cept wait on a train
Cadd9 F#m
When the road gullies out in a Biblical rain
G Cadd9 F#m
And that’s how it’s been ever since I can remember

G Cadd9 F#m

[Verse 2]
G
I’m not too keen of mind
Cadd9
I don’t pick up on signs like I ought to
G
So I won’t sweat the cost
Cadd9
Of the coffee or the wine that I bought you
G
With your emptied out nest, your chicks have all flew
Cadd9 F#m
There’s nobody left to take care of but you
G
And you don’t know how to just be
Cadd9 F#m
No one ever taught you
Em7
And I can’t find much to say
G Cadd9
As you play with that loose strand of hair
Em7 G
If you had you a tail you’d be twitching it
Cadd9 F#m
And I’vе got to get over the scarе

[Chorus]
G
And tell you no
Cadd9 F#m
And tell you no
G
And tell you no
Cadd9 F#m
Tell you no

G Cadd9 F#m

[Verse 3]
G Cadd9
Never saw such a cold day in June did you ever, Virginia?
G Cadd9
In our young days the old people called it ‘Blackberry Winter’
G
As the mail plane goes out at a slow rate of climb
Cadd9 F#m
This cold rain don’t help with your low state of mind
G
Hanging down like the fog on the ridge
Cadd9 F#m
You can’t tell what’s in it
Em7
And you stare me down hard
G Cadd9
And you ask me why I even care
Em7 G
It’s not that I’m any Sir Galahad
Cadd9 F#m
There just needs to be somebody there

[Chorus]
G
To tell you no
Cadd9 F#m
To tell you no
G
To tell you no
Cadd9 F#m
To tell you no

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
G Cadd9
Your bags are all packed, you’re not coming back that’s for certain
G Cadd9
And the landlady won’t like the stains on the rugs and the curtains
G
Well, that’s just wear and tear such as happens in life
Cadd9 F#m
But folks around here live to gossip and gripe
G
So I won’t tell a soul
Cadd9 F#m
What they’ll never know’ll never hurt ‘em
Em7 G Cadd9
And I found the letter you left at the foot of the stairs
Em7 G
And I heard the horn blow, the train’s pulling out
Cadd9 F#m
I hope you find somebody there

[Chorus]
G
To tell you no
Cadd9 F#m
To tell you no
G
To tell you no
Cadd9 F#m
To tell you no

[Outro]
G Cadd9 G
Leave the rocks in the road, stay away from the river, Virginia