Iron & Wine – Thomas County Law (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) Video Lesson
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Chords

I based these chords off a live performance Sam tunes to DADGBe DADGBe Chords D5: 00032x (You can play a regular D chord, he just doesn't play the 1st string) G5: 5500xx F#m: 4402xx Em: 2200xx A7: x02020 Another guitar plays the same chords but in DADGAd over the top, so here are those chords DADGAd Chords D5: 000200 G5: 550000 F#m: 440200 Em: 220000 A7: x02000 [Verse]
D5                        G5      D5
Thomas County Law's got a crooked tooth

      D5                          G5        D5
Every traffic light is red when it tells the truth

    G5                F#m            Em         A7
The church bell isn't kidding when it cries for you

  D5                      G5        D5
Nobody looks away when the sun goes down

D5                       G5           D5
Thomas County Road takes you where it will

          D5                         G5    D5
Someone's singing on the far side of other hills

        G5              F#m          Em         A7
There's nowhere safe to bury all the time I've killed

D5                        G5        D5
Nobody looks away when the sun goes down

D5                                  G5       D5
There's a couple ways to cross Thomas County Line

           D5                              G5        D5
You can't see beyond the trees, they're too tall and wide

       G5           F#m           Em         A7
And I never seem to see around my brother's wife

D5                        G5        D5
Nobody looks away when the sun goes down
[Chorus]
          G5          D5               A7            D5
There are castles for kings, there are birds without wings

        G5              D5        A7
I could whine 'bout it all, but I won't
[Verse]
D5                        G5        D5
Thomas County Law's got a crooked tooth

              D5                            G5        D5
There ain't a mother with a heart less than black and blue

            G5             F#m           Em         A7
When they hold 'em to the light, you can see right through

      G5             F#m          Em         A7
Every dreamer falls asleep in their dancing shoes

      G5          F#m               Em      A7
I may say I don't belong here, but I know I do

D5                         G5       D5
Nobody looks away when the sun goes down

D5                         G5       D5
Nobody looks away when the sun goes down