Mark Erelli - Milltowns

You were a ^Flegend when I ^Cmet you Intro^Fduced by a mutual ^Cfriend I ^Flaughed when you ^Ccalled me “^DmGrasshopper” Though I ^Amdidn’t know what it ^Fmeant

We stayed up all night ^Cdrinking ^FMost of it is still a ^Cblur But I remember ^Fpicking a^Clong while you ^Dmsang every song By ^AmMississippi John H^Furt

And the ^Fway you got so ^Cserious When you ^Ftold me you invented the ^Cblues Then you ^Fsmiled in that ^Cway I could ^Dmnever tell If you ^Amdidn’t really think it was ^Ftrue

Now I’m ^Fdriving through these ^Cmilltowns Down empty moonlit ^Fstreets Where the vacant storefront ^Gwindows look like ^Cmissing teeth They disap^Fpear into my ^Grearview All a^Clong the rural ^Froute I pray for ^Call that can’t be rescued After ^Feverything goes ^Csouth

On a ^Fsplit bill up in ^CPortland I was ^Fgetting ready to go ^Con You said, “^FGrasshopper, ^Cyou sing ‘^DmBirches’ I’ve been ^Amsinging it for too ^Flong”

So, I^F sang it like I’d^C written it Thoug^Fh I wished you ha^Cdn’t asked I couldn’t ^Fshake that fe^Celing ^Dm Like somet^Amhing had been passe^Fd

You w^Fatched from behin^Cd the curtain And I^F never will forge^Ct How your pu^Flling on that^C bourbon ^Dm Looked lik^Ame Russian Roulette ^F

Now I’m ^Fdriving through these ^Cmilltowns Down empty moonlit ^Fstreets Where the vacant storefront ^Gwindows look like ^Cmissing teeth They disap^Fpear into my ^Grearview All a^Clong the rural ^Froute I pray for ^Call that can’t be rescued After ^Feverything goes ^Csouth