Drive-By Truckers – First Air Of Autumn (Guitar)

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Key: Eb Tempo: 107bpm [Chords] - suggested, relative to capo Cmaj7 x32000 (hammer on/off x30000) G 32000x (hammer on/off 30000x) Em 02200x Am x02210 (hammer on/off x02200) D 20023x [Intro] Cmaj7 G Em Am Em Cmaj7 (Repeat x2) [Verse 1]
Cmaj7        G                Em
First air of autumn up your nose

Am       Em               Cmaj7
Popcorn, heavy hairspray, nylon pantyhose

Cmaj7            G                   Em
Please stand and bow your heads and pray you don't get old
Am Em Cmaj7 [Break] Cmaj7 G Em Am Em Cmaj7 (Repeat x2) [Verse 2]
Cmaj7       G            Em
The nurture and the admonition of your kind

Am           Em            Cmaj7
The rules of only strong survive

Cmaj7        G
Cross shaped swimming pools,

Em
Down in the blood and lifted up

Am              Em              Cmaj7
Forever seeking favor from the light
[Chorus]
Cmaj7                      Am              D
Schoolhouse hallway like a prairie highway sprawls

G            D              Em
The drop off spins away the sun

Cmaj7                              Am            D
The getting there just proves it's nothing but a ball

G           D          Em
Pray the horizon never comes
[Break] Cmaj7 G Em Am Em Cmaj7 (Repeat x2) [Verse 3]
Cmaj7             G                Em
The hearts of the daughters of the men

Am         Em              Cmaj7
Won by the softness of the sons of women's hands

Cmaj7       G                Em
To leave it up to love would leave it left to chance
Am Em Cmaj7 [Verse 4]
Cmaj7  G              Em
Memory only shows the promise beauty broke

Am        Em             Cmaj7
Of beauty ageless in its time

Cmaj7   G                    Em
Light attracts the same, you glance away and the glory fades

Am                Em               Cmaj7
And being on your arm has lost its shine
[Chorus]
Cmaj7                       Am              D
School house hallway like a prairie highway sprawls

G            D              Em
The drop off spins away the sun

Cmaj7
Like eyes that once could cut through

Am              D
Candle power on autumn nights

G            D                Em
First air of autumn leaves me numb
[Outro] Cmaj7 Am D
G  D  Em
(Repeat x2)
Cmaj7 G Em
Am  Em  Cmaj7
(Repeat x2)