COVER ME UP BY JASON ISBELL, FROM SOUTHEASTERN INTRO: GUITAR INTERLUDE LIKE 1 LINE OF VERSE *CAPO 2; KEY OF E VERSE 1:

A heart on the ^Drun, keeps a hand on the^G gun, it can’t trust ^Danyone I was so sure, ^Dwhat I needed was ^Gmore, tried to shoot out the ^Dsun In days when we ^Bmraged, we flew off the ^Gpage, such damage was ^Ddone But I made it ^Dthrough, ‘cause somebod^Gy knew, I was meant for so^Dmeone

CHORUS 1:

So ^Dgirl leave your boots by the ^Gbed we ain’t leavin’ t^Dhis room ^DSomeone needs medical ^Ghelp or the magnolia’^Ds bloom It’^Ems cold in this house and ^GI ain’t goin’ out to^Bm chop wood So cover me ^Dup and know you’re^G enough to use me fo^Dr good

GUITAR INTERLUDE LIKE 1 LINE OF VERSE VERSE 2:

Put your faith to the ^Dtest, when I tore off your ^Gdress, in Richmond all ^Dhigh I sobered ^Dup, and I swore off that ^Gstuff, forever this ^Dtime In the old lovers??^Bm? scene, I thought it’d^G be me, who helped him ^Dget home But home was a ^Ddream, one I’d neve^Gr seen, ‘til you ca^Dme along

CHORUS 2:

So ^Dgirl hang your dress up to ^Gdry, we ain’t leavin’ t^Dhis room The ^DPercy Priest break’s ope^Gn wide and the river run^Ds through* ^EmCarries this house on the ^Gstones like a piece of drift^Bmwood Cover me ^Dup and know you’re^G enough to use me fo^Dr good

SOLO LIKE 2 LINES OF VERSE REPEAT CHORUS 1 TAG:

Cover me ^Dup and know you’re^G enough to use me fo^Dr good GUITAR INTERLUDE LIKE 1 LINE OF VERSE, END ON D

*Videos show Isbell capoed at 2.This chording makes some lead lines easier. **Percy Priest is a lake and dam near Nashville.

Jason Isbell - Cover me up