Jason Isbell – Cover Me Up (Guitar)

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BY JASON ISBELL, FROM SOUTHEASTERN [Intro] D G D [Verse 1]
               D                      G                      D
A heart on the run, keeps a hand on a gun, it can’t trust anyone

         D                       G                            D
I was so sure, what I needed was more, tried to shoot out the sun

                Bm                     G                     D
In days when we raged, we flew off the page, such damage was done

              D                        G                         D
But I made it through, ‘cause somebody knew, I was meant for someone
[Chorus 1]
   D                            G                         D
So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room

     D                     G                  D
'Til someone needs medical help or the magnolias bloom

     Em                       G                       Bm
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood

            D                   G                   D
So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good
[Interlude] D G D [Verse 2]
                      D                          G                    D
Put your faith to the test, when I tore off your dress, in Richmond on high

          D                    G                   D
I sobered up, I swore off that stuff, forever this time

                   Bm                       G                  D
And the old lovers sing "I thought it’d be me who helped him get home"

               D                    G                    D
But home was a dream, one I’d never seen, ‘til you came along
[Chorus 2]
   D                          G                          D
So girl hang your dress up to dry, we ain’t leavin’ this room

     D                        G                   D
'Til Percy Priest breaks open wide and the river runs through*

Em                        G                           Bm
Carries this house on the stones like a piece of driftwood

         D                   G                   D
Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good
[Interlude] D G D D G D [Chorus 1]
   D                            G                         D
So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room

     D                     G                  D
'Til someone needs medical help or the magnolias bloom

     Em                       G                       Bm
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood

            D                   G                   D
So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good
[Tag]
         D                   G                   D
Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good
[Interlude] D G D D * Live versions may be played with capo 2 in E. ** Percy Priest is a lake and dam near Nashville.