Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – St Peters Autograph (Guitar)

Open G (D-G-D-G-B-D)
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Chords

[Intro] G C Cm G G C Cm G [Verse 1]
G                    C
What do I do to make you smile

Cm                        G
You've been hurting for a while

G                         C
What can I do to make you laugh

Cm                  G
Get St. Peter’s autograph

G                           C
What's that distance in your eyes

Cm                        G
Has your faith been compromised

G                        C
What can I do to help you sleep

Cm                         G
I'll work hard and work for cheap
[Chorus 1]
Am             C
Sometimes it’s nothing but the way

       G                          D
you're wired, and that's not your fault

Am7       C
We're all struggling with the world on

G                        D
fire, and the fear we're taught
[Verse 2]
G                       C
Now you've lost another friend

Cm                           G
Who couldn't stay to see the end

G                        C
He had somewhere else to be

Cm                        G
Cut him down and burn the tree

G                           C
There's no shelter from the rain

Cm                          G
And I can’t comprehend your pain

G                        C
But I got arms and I got ears

Cm                         G
And I will always be right here
[Chorus 2]
Am            C
Sometimes its nothing but the way

       G
you’re raised, and it could have been

D
worse

      Am7      C
And I see you suffering through the

        G
best of days, still you're putting me

D
first
[Verse 3]
G                       C
What do I do to let you know

Cm                          G
That I’m not haunted by his ghost

G                        C
Let him dance around our room

Cm                    G
Let him smell of your perfume

G                        C
Share your best remember whens

Cm                       G
If he comes through here again

G                       C
Maybe he could make you laugh

Cm                    G
Bring St. Peter's autograph
[Outro] Am C G D Am7 C G D G C Cm G G C Cm G G C Cm G G C Cm G