Drive-By Truckers – Space City (Guitar)

D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
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Song: Space City Album: A Blessing and a Curse Original is tuned down one step (D G C F A D) so the original sounds like it was played in the key of C [Intro] D G G G A A G D D D [Verse 1]
D                              G
If I could have one wish right now

A                                  G         D
I'd be about as half as tough as I pretend I am

D                                       G
Then I wouldn't care how empty this old house feels

A                                         G         D
I could take her things and take them far away from here
[Verse 2]
D                                  G
I could make sure no dirt ever got on her name 

A                                             G      D
Cause looking at that stone wouldn't bring me so much pain

D                               F
I could go into town wearing my finest clothes

A                                               G.      D
I could turn these tears into blood and make it run ice cold
[Chorus]
G            A               Bm             A
Space City's one hour up the road from me

G        A                         Bm                   A                  G
One hour away from as close to the moon as anybody down here is ever gonna be

G             A                     Bm                A            
And somewhere beyond that big white light is where my heart is gone

G                   A                       D
And somewhere she's wondering what's taking me so long
[Solo] G G A D D G D D G A Bm A G A Bm A D G A Bm A G A D D G G A D G D D D [Verse 3]
D                                     G
My hands are as good to me as they've ever been

A                                        G    D
And I ain't ashamed of anything my hands ever did

D                                      G
But sometimes the words I used were as hard as my fist

A                                                G.      D
She had the strength of a man and the heart of a child I guess
[Chorus]
G            A               Bm             A
Space City's one hour up the road from me

G        A                         Bm                   A                  G
One hour away from as close to the moon as anybody down here is ever gonna be

G             A                     Bm                A            
And somewhere beyond that big white light is where my heart is gone

G                   A                       D
And somewhere she's wondering what's taking me so long
[Coda]
G G A A
Ritard - single strum on last chord
G D