Tillman Co Acordes

	  

Intro: Em  G  D  Am  C  G  D  Am 
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Mother Red River, she wind like a copperhead 
C         G          D        Am 
Coils and boils over Dennison Dam 
Em           G       D           Am 
Little white houses, eggs on the rocky bed 
C        G          C          D  
I am the son of the serpent, I am 




G      G/F#   Em            D      G 
Raised on the river, washed in the blood 
D                                  Em 
Blood runs thicker than bottomland mud 
                                  D           G 
And the wheel sinks deeper as the years spin 'round 
D                             Em 
Thirty bad summers in Tillman County 


INTERLUDE: G  D  Am  C  G  D  Em 


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My uncle, Little Tree, dreams of another life 
C           G             D         Am 
Coddles his cattle and he rents his range 
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Holds the fan to the face of his pretty wife 
C         G             C          D  
She knows nothing ain't ever gonna change, she was 



G      G/F#   Em            D      G 
Raised on the river, washed in the blood 
D                                  Em 
Blood runs thicker than bottomland mud 
                                  D           G 
And the wheel sinks deeper as the years spin 'round 
D                             Em 
Thirty bad summers in Tillman County 


Instrumental: G  D  Am  C  G  D  Am 
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Bridge:
 
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And daylight's dragon fence-line 
         C       Am      Em 
Keeps me working in this trance 
C                 G 
Pounding down the bedrock 
          Am    Em      D 
With this rusty lance 
         C               D 
We don't stand a chance 


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Chikasha trickster call to the funnel cloud 
C          G              D       Am 
Demon come screaming over Wichita falls 
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Lines down, power out, lying and points south 
C          G             C         D  
Time and direction don't matter at all when you're 


 
G      G/F#   Em            D      G 
Raised on the river, washed in the blood 
D                                  Em 
Blood runs thicker than bottomland mud 
                                  D           G 
And the wheel sinks deeper as the years spin 'round 
D                             Em 
Thirty bad summers in Tillman County 


INTERLUDE: G  D  Am  C  G  D  Am 
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Maybe old Moses come and turn this current back 
C        G          D        Am 
Cross me over, ever holy and dry 
Em         G            D           Am 
Climb me a crooked oak, scar-faced, bible-black 
C          G              C          D  
Swing this shovel 'til it cracks the sky, I was 


 
G      G/F#   Em            D      G 
Raised on the river, washed in the blood 
D                                  Em 
Blood runs thicker than bottomland mud 
                                  D           G 
And the wheel sinks deeper as the years spin 'round 
D                             Em 
Thirty bad summers in Tillman County 
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Thirty bad summers in Tillman County 
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Thirty bad summers in Tillman County 


OUTRO: Em  G  D  Am  C  G  D  Am 
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