Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Only Children (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] Em* G* Am* Em
    Em*         G*           Am*
e|--2------------2------------------------|
B|--0--3---------0--3---------1--0--------|
G|--0------------0------------2----2--0---|
D|--2------------0------------2-----------|
A|--2------------x------------0-----------|
E|--0------------3------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Em                      G
Walking around at night

                     Am
Fighting my appetite

                              Em
Every kid in cutoffs could be you

                              G
Remember when we used to meet?

                               Am
At the bottom of Mobile Street

                              Em
And do what the broken people do
[Chorus 1]
G                    D
Are you still taking notes?

         Am
The Holy Ghost could get inside you

         C                              G
You'd do whatever you put your mind to

                        D
Will you read me what you wrote?

             Am
When we were locked outside the building

     C
Over encouraged, only children
[Verse 2]
Em                             G
Cold coffee on the fire escape

                             Am
We bet it all on a demo tape

                                   Em
And we still had something left to steal

                                G
Remember when we took too much?

                                   Am
To get a little of the human touch

                          Em
Hand to mouth and reel to reel
[Chorus 2]
G                    D
Are you still taking notes?

     Am
Hydrocodone in your backpack

            C                              G
Maybe these words will hold the beast back

                         D
Will you read me what you wrote?

          Am
The one I said you stole from Dylan

       C
Over encouraged, only children
[Interlude] Em* G* Am* Em (x2) [Bridge]
C         C/B           Am
"Heaven's wasted on the dead"

                           C
That's what your mama said

                    C/B           Am           C
When the hearse was idling in the parking lot

             C/B                  Am
She said you thought the world of me

                         C
And you were glad to see

             C/B          D
They finally let me be an astronaut
[Solo] G D Am C (x2) [Chorus 3]
G                    D
Are you still taking notes?

              Am
Will you have anyone to talk to?

       C                                 G
Castle walls that you could walk through

                          D
And do the dead believe in ghosts?

           Am
Or are you lost in some old building

            C
With over encouraged, only children
[Outro] Em* G* Am* Em (x2)