Tyler Childers - Peace of mind

^EHe drinks orange juice and vodka in the basement while she’s talkin’ ^ETo someone, long distance, for hours and hours on en^Bm7d ^Bm7And as he slowly sipping he thinks about his children ^Bm7And the heart attacks that youngest daughters a^Elways giving him ^EHe ain’t smoke no marijuana since he got on with the railroad ^EAnd he’s been on with the railroad for a l^Aong and loathsome while ^ABut the day that he retires he will s^Emoke himself to China He will l^Bm7eave behind his worries as he’s racing ^Athrough the s^Eky

^EShe sells Avon to her buddies and saves a little money ^EOn the makeup she’s been using to hide away the year^Bm7s ^Bm7And she sits and watches TV usually every evening ^Bm7If there aint some kind of ball game her d^Eaughter has to cheer ^EShe sneaks menthols in the morning while her family’s still a-snoring ^EAnd as she burns the Eggos she looks ba^Ack at her life ^AThat heart she broke in high school he’s s^Eingin’ on the Opry She w^Bm7onders what the hell that she was thinking a^At the ti^Eme

Oh the days are d^Aark down in the ^Eholler Waitin’ ^Bm7for the sun to sh^Eine On the b^Aack you’ve been br^Eeaking Trying to ^Bm7earn peace of m^Eind

^ETheir youngest daughter Stella she’s been running with this fella ^EThat he can not stand the thought of that he surely does de^Bm7spise ^Bm7He’s told her he’d best never see the two of them together ^Bm7But its hard to keep an eye on her when you’re wor^Eking all the time ^EThere are things he needs to tend to and the bills the bank keeps sendin’ ^ELord the zeros on the end keep pushing f^Aurther to the right ^ALike a freight train haulin’ sorrow and ^Emoving ever onward Through the t^Bm7unnel of forever towards the never e^Anding l^Eight

Oh the days are d^Aark down in the ^Eholler Waitin’ ^Bm7for the sun to sh^Eine On the b^Aack you’ve been br^Eeaking Trying to ^Bm7earn peace of m^Eind Trying to ^Bm7earn peace of m^Eind