John Prine - Speed of the sound of loneliness
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G[intGro] C C D D G G
G You come home late and you come home eCarly
D You come on big when you're feeling sGmall G
G You come home straight and you come home cCurly
D Sometimes you dD7on't come home at Gall.
G So what in the wGorld's come Cover you
D And what in heaven's name have I Gdone.
G You've broken the spGeed of the sound of lConeliness
D You're out there D7running just to be on the rGun.
GWell I got a heart that burns with a Cfever,
DAnd I got a worried and a jealous mGind.
GHow can a love that'll last foreCver,
DGet D7left so far behiGnd.
G So what in the wGorld's come Cover you
D And what in heaven's name have I Gdone.
G You've broken the spGeed of the sound of lConeliness
D You're out there D7running just to be on the rGun.
[Instrumental, same chords as one verse]
GIt's a mighty meaGn and a dreadful sorrow,C
DIt's crossed the evil line todGay.
GHow can you ask about tomCorrow,
DWhen we ain't D7got one word to Gsay.
G So what in the wGorld's come Cover you
D And what in heaven's name have I Gdone.
G You've broken the spGeed of the sound of lConeliness
D You're out there D7running just to be on the rGun.
G So what in the wGorld's come Cover you
D And what in heaven's name have I Gdone.
G You've broken the spGeed of the sound of lConeliness
D You're out there D7running just to be on the rGun.
D D G C D G.
You're out there running just to be on the run