Artist: Ben Nichols / Lucero Song: Toadvine Album: The Last Pale Light in the West Tuning: Standard Note: "[lyrics]" are sung on the CD but not in the printed lyrics INTRO: F Am Em F C F C C VERSE 1:

[I] ^Frode myself in^Amto the ground, ^Emhell it’s almos^Ft over now, ^C I don’t se^Fe nothing but th^Ce light^C ^F Darkness ^Amfilled my days, the ^Emrising sun has ^Fshown the way, [and] ^C I Don’t se^Fe nothing but th^Ce ligh^Ct

^Dm The preacher’s lesson,^F is simply Armageddon, The ^Cdevil, he knows how to ^Gride ^Dm A killer of men, ^F and no way to save them, ^C Hell now we all have to ^Gdie

F F CHORUS:

^F You wouldn’t think that out here^G, a man could simply run clear ^Am Out of country but, oh ^Bbmy... oh ^Fmy, [Oh ^Bbmy... oh ^Fmy] Nothing but the light ^C ^F ^C ^C

INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE: F Am Em F C F C C VERSE 2:

They ^Ftook my ears in ^AmOmaha, ^Emthought me dead but I ^Fweren’t all [and I] ^C Left them ^Fbleeding in the ^Cmud ^C ^FBranded me for horse ^Amthievery, be^Emtween my eyes for ^Fall to see [and I] ^C Left them ^Fbleeding in the ^Cmud ^C

^Dm When this world was made, ^F [it] was never meant to save ^C Everyone in ^Gkind ^Dm And I don’t believe^F, God much had me ^C Had me much in ^Gmind

F F CHORUS REPEAT: INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE: F G Am Bb F Bb F C F C C ABRIDGED VERSE 3:

^Dm So tell me barkeep, ^F What is there to drink ^C With just minimal ^Grisk ^Dm Of blindness or death, ^F it all tastes of ashes ^C Seems that’s all we eve^Gr get, It's all we ever ^Fget ^F

REPEAT CHORUS AS FINALE: --crookedpath

Lucero - Toadvine