Bless My Bones Cifras

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well, we landed in Seattle feeling barely half alive
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It was round about 4:30 in the morning, maybe 5
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I was one crispy critter after two weeks on the road
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Seeing my reflection in the mirror, man, it showed
 
         Em
Well, we loaded up the bus with the cold rain drizzling
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driving back to Texas to play a show with Midland
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I climbed in the cab and jammed her down in gear
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drove along those highways for what seemed like years
 
 
[Chorus]
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Well, bless my bones and show me to the stage
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I pull my hat low so I don’t show my age
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Do a little dance and give them all a grin
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Underneath the lights, I’ll come alive again
 
 
[Verse 2]
  Em
I drove away the daylight and there was no place to park
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so I kept the hammer down, rolling thunder through the dark
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Townes Van Zandt sang a snowing-on-the-tone
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As I climbed over the mountain pass in the construction zone
 
Em
Come around a curve to see a semi in my lane
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headlights blinding, horn blaring like a train
           Am
He had his big brakes screaming like demons in the hills
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Missed us by an inch and, man, it gave me cold    chills
 
 
[Chorus]
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Well, bless my bones and show me to the stage
  D                  Am
I pull my hat low so I don’t show my age
C                     G
Do a little dance and give them all a grin
B7                                      Em
Underneath the lights, I’ll come alive again
 
 
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
    Em
The band was drinking beer in back spilling it on the floor
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However much they drank, there was always one more
      Am
I was jamming the oldies, good old fiddle and steel
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as the moonlight made my hands look bone-white on the wheel
 
  Em
I guess I never noticed that the tank never went dry
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Troopers never looked up when we went speeding by
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By the time the sun came up, we were feeling mighty fine
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We gave a whoop and a holler when we crossed the Texas line
 
 
[Verse 4]
    Em
The show was going down in a place called Cook’s Garage
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Finally, up ahead, I saw the sign like a mirage
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Pulled up to the entrance and a fellow said, who are you?
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I said, well, I’m Zane Williams and we’re the Wilder Blue
 
     Em
I’ve never seen the look quite like the one that he gave me
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Over his shoulder, I read what it said on the marquee
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Midland reunited for one final show
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He said the Wilder Blue died in a bus crash
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Must’ve been 30 years ago.
 
 
[Chorus]
      C                  G
Well, bless my bones and show me to the stage
  D                  Am
I pull my hat low so I don’t show my age
C                     G
Do a little dance and give them all a grin
B7                                     Em
Underneath the lights, we'll come out again
 
 
[Chorus]
      C                 G
Well, bless my soul and we'll play the tune
      D                        Am
While all the pretty people go howling at the moon
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Do a little dance and give them all a grin
B7                                       Em
Underneath the lights, we'll come alive again
 
 
[Outro]
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