Blitzen Trapper – Valley Of Death (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am D Am D Am G D [Verse 1]
   Am                           D
I know what it means to get knocked down drunk,

   Am                            D
I was lying in a bush by the coal,

           Am
where the river runs deep

        G
& the demons don't sleep

        D
& the water's obscured by the smoke.

        Am                 D
Well I drug myself to the river's edge

        Am                  D
& I drank like a dog on the sand.

    Am
It burned my tongue,

          G
my whole head gets spun

     D
& I stood on the stone

     D  
& I spoke to the wind and the rain.
[Bridge] Am D Am D [Chorus]
        Am                        D
Said I know what it means to get left for dead,

          Am                         D
when the saints rise up at the sound.

          Am
When the spirits don't move in

        G
their chains and the shoes

         D
& the crack of the guns all around.

   Am                   D
I know how it is to get all dressed up,

        Am                         D
where nobody would know where to go.

        Am
With a fifth in your vest,

          G
& some pills on your tongue

      D
& a gun looking out across
the Valley of the Shadow below, oh. [Bridge] Am D Am D [Verse 2]
        Am
Well I preached to the bums

        D
and I preached to the birds

        Am                        D
til the crowd had started to form.

      Am
My disciples that came,

             G
through the wind and the rain

        D
& the rags in their jackets all torn.

        Am                 D
Well I prophesized of the things to come

        Am                     D
& I jumped like a bug on a wall,

        Am
til my head it was through

          G
with the river's strange brew

       D
& I sunk to my knees, in the breeze,

                     Am
& I started to pray,

            D
I said hey!

            Am                       D
You know I ain't got a dang thing to say,

        Am                      G
with a head full of booze and nothing to loose

        D
for a creature was made out of clay, hey!
[Bridge] Am D Am D [Chorus]
        Am                        D
Said I know what it means to get left for dead,

          Am                        D
when the saints rise up at the sound.

          Am
When the spirits don't move in

        G
their chains and the shoes

         D
& the crack of the guns all around.

   Am                   D
I know how it is to get all dressed up,

        Am                         D
where nobody would know where to go.

        Am
With a fifth in your vest,

          G
& some pills on your tongue

      D
& a gun looking out across
the Valley of the Shadow below, oh.