Gregory Alan Isakov – Evelyn (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] C [Verse]
F                        C
all the tables nice and clean

F           C
[tab]        F                C
on the grave yard shift again

         G
selling gasoline

            F                     C
and there's kids smoking on south first

         F                  Am    G
see high-school was just a blur, for her

  C                                       G
and everything just found their place it seemed
[Pre-Chorus]
           Am         F            C    G
there's an old folk song on the radio

        Am      F        C          G
sounding thin and dark and haunted

       Am          F          C                     G
there's a bag of weed in the back beneath the books

         Am                F          C           G
and she can't stand the sight of this cul-de-sac 

              Am        F         C      G
like an old crow, king of the lamp-post

   Am        F            C                      G
and this window hasn't been this clean since it last rained
C [Verse]
F                              C
well she pictures up a different day

F                   C
driving west to east L.A

F                        C
and there ain't no sign of a dime, but hey
G (Start strumming) anyone can dream anyone can dream [Chorus]
C                 F                   Am                    G
and all the college girls come in when the bars let out and they're hungry

C             F             Am                         G
making such a mess, Evelyn just talks trash, as she's sweeping up
[Post-chorus]
         Am          F           C          G
there's a thin dark cloud in the evening air

      Am    F    C      G  
after every sunny day

    Am          F              C
there's a bum who lives in the parking lot

               G
wash the windows just to say hey.
[Instrumental] C F Am G x4 [Verse]
F                       C
all the tables nice and clean

F           C
Evelyn's asleep

         F                    C
on the grave yard shift again

           G
selling gasoline

        F                C
selling gasoline