Rock Salt and Nails
Tyler Childers
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southboy
Utah Phillips song[Intro]G Cadd9[Verse]G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 GBy the banks of the river, where the willows hang downG/F# Em7 Cadd9 G Cadd9 GAnd wild birds they warble, with a low moaning soundG/F# Em7 Cadd9 G Cadd9 GWay down in the hollow, where the river runs coldG/F# F C/G G C/GIt was there I first listened, to the lies that you told[Verse]G C/G G C/G G C/G GNow I lie on my back, and I see your sweet faceG/F# Em C G C/G GThe past I remember, time can’t eraseG/F# Em C G C/G GAnd the letters you wrote me, they were written in shameF C/G G C/GAnd I know that your conscience, still echoes my name[Instrumental]G F C/G G C/G[Verse]G C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G GNow if the ladies were blackbirds, if the ladies were thrushesG/F# Em C G C/G GI’d lie there for hours, in the chilly cold marshesG/F# Em C G C/G GAnd if the women were squirrels, with them high bushy tailsF C/G G C/G GI’d fill up my shotgun, with rock salt and nailsF F C/G G C/G GI’d fill up my shotgun