Dress Blues- Jason Isbell Chords Used: G: 320033 Em/G: 022033 C/G: x32033 D: xx0232 F#/G: 2x0033 Bm: x24432 Intro: G Em/G G Em/G Verse:

^GWhat can you see from your ^Em/Gwindow? ^GI can't see anything from ^Em/Gmine. ^GFlags on the side of the ^Em/Ghighway and ^C/Gscripture on grocery store ^Gsigns. ^D ^GMaybe eighteen was too ^Em/Gearly. ^GMaybe thirty or forty is ^Em/Gtoo. ^GDid you get your chance to make ^Em/Gpeace with the man befor^C/Ge he sent down his angels for you?^G ^D

Chorus: Em/G F#/G G Mamas and grandmamas love you Em/G F#/G G F#/G 'cause that's all they know how to do.

^Em/GYou never planned on the ^Bmbombs in the sand or ^C/Gsleeping in your dress blues^G. ^D

Verse:

^GYour wife said this all would be ^Em/Gfunny ^Gwhen you came back home in a ^Em/Gweek. ^GYou'd turn twenty-two and we'd ^Em/Gcelebrate you ^C/Gin a bar or a tent by the cree^Gk. ^D ^GYour baby would just about be ^Em/Ghere. ^GYour very last tour would be u^Em/Gp ^Gbut you won't be back. They're all dr^Em/Gessing in black ^C/Gdrinking sweet tea in styrofoam cup^Gs. ^D

Chorus: Em/G F#/G G Mamas and grandmamas love you Em/G F#/G G F#/G American boys hate to lose.

^Em/GYou never planned on the ^Bmbombs in the sand or ^C/Gsleeping in your dress blues^G. ^D

Bridge Verse

^GNow the high school gymnasium's ^Em/Gready, ^Gfull of flowers and old legionn^Em/Gaires. ^GNobody showed up to pro^Em/Gtest,

^C/Gjust sniffle and stare.^G ^D ^GBut there's red, white, and blue in the ^Em/Grafters ^Gand there's silent old men from the ^Em/Gcorps. ^GWhat did they say when they sh^Em/Gipped you away ^C/Gto fight somebody's Hollywood war^G? ^D

Em/G F#/G G Nobody here could forget you. Em/G F#/G G F#/G You showed us what we had to lose.

^Em/GYou never planned on the ^Bmbombs in the sand or ^C/Gsleeping in your dress blues^G. ^D

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Jason Isbell - Dress blues