Capo: 4 Tuning: E A D G B E

The other versions of this song on this site are nice starts, but they're not quite correct. Here is what Jason Isbell does, at least in his acoustic version of the song. Chords used (all chords are relative to the capo, so they don’t identify the actual sound of the chord): C: x32010 Cadd9: x32030 C/B: x20010 Am7: x02010 Am7/G: 302010 Fmaj7: x33210 Note: Embellish the Cadd9 and Fmaj7 throughout by pulling off and hammering on with the middle finger. Capo 4, Key of E Intro: Alternate b/w Cadd9 and C (and embellish by pulling off and hammering on with the middle finger).

Well, I^Cadd9 moved into this room, if you could call it that, a w^C/Beek ago. I n^Am7ever do what I'm supposed to do. I hardly ^Am7/Geven know my n^Fmaj7ame anymore. When no one calls it out, it kinda v^Cadd9anishes away.

I ca^Cadd9n't get to sleep at night. The parking lot's so l^C/Boud and bright. The ^Am7A/C hasn't worked in twenty years. Probably ne^Am7/Gver made a si^Fmaj7ngle person cold, But I can't say the same for me. I've ^Cadd9done it many times.

Somebody take ^C/Bme h^Am7ome, through ^Am7/Gthose Al^Fmaj7abama Pines. ^Cadd9 You can't ^Cadd9drive through Talladega on a weekend in Oct^C/Bober. He^Am7ad up north to Jacksonville. Cut around and o^Am7/Gver. Watch your s^Fmaj7peed in Boiling Springs. They ain't got a thing to do. They'll ^Cadd9get you every time.

Somebody take ^C/Bme h^Am7ome, through ^Am7/Gthose Al^Fmaj7abama Pines. ^Cadd9 Somebody take ^C/Bme h^Am7ome, through ^Am7/Gthose Al^Fmaj7abama Pines. ^Cadd9 ^Cadd9Oh ^C/BOh ^Am7Oh ^Am7/GOh ^Fmaj7Oh ^Cadd9Oh ^C/BOh ^Am7Oh ^Am7/GOh ^Fmaj7Oh

If we^Cadd9 pass through on a Sunday, better make a stop at Wa^C/Byne's. It's the o^Am7nly open liquor store north, and I can't s^Am7/Gtand the pain Of b^Fmaj7eing by myself, without a little help On a S^Cadd9unday afternoon.

I ^Cadd9needed that damn woman like a dream needs gasol^C/Bine. I tr^Am7ied to be some ancient kind of man, One that's n^Am7/Gever seen the b^Fmaj7eauty in the world, But I tried to chase it down. Tried to m^Cadd9ake the whole thing mine.

I've been ^Cadd9stuck here in this town, if you can call it that, a y^C/Bear or two. I ne^Am7ver do what I'm supposed to do. I don't e^Am7/Gven need a n^Fmaj7ame anymore. When no one calls it out, it kind of va^Cadd9nishes away.

^Cadd9No one gives a damn about the things I give a d^C/Bamn about. The li^Am7berties that we can't do without Seem to dis^Am7/Gappear like gh^Fmaj7osts in the air. When we don't even care, it truly va^Cadd9nishes away.

Jason Isbell - Alabama pines