Jason Isbell – Cover Me Up (Guitar Intro Tab)

|D   |D           |D          |D          |G
 -- A heart on the run keeps a hand on the gun

         |G       |D   | D | D |
 It can't trust anyone

|D       |D          |D         |G
 I was so sure what I needed was more

         |G            |D   | D |
 Tried to shoot out the sun

|D    |D/C#        |Bm7     |Bm7         |G
 -- In days when we raged we flew off the page

     |G         |D    | D |
 Such damage was done

|D     |D        |D             |D       |G
 -- But I made it through 'cause somebody knew

      |G            |D   | D | D |
 I was meant for someone

|D     |D               |D           |G
 -- So, girl, leave your boots by the bed

         |G           |D    | D | D |
 We ain't leavin' this room

|D      |D            |D      |G
 -- 'Til someone needs medical help

       |G        |D     | D | D |
 Or the magnolias bloom

|D      |Em7         |Em7        |
 -- It's cold in this house and I

|G          |G          |Bm7  | Bm7 |
 Ain't going out to chop wood

|Bm7 |D       |D     |D           |G
 --  So cover me up and know you're enough

   |G         |D    | D | D |
 To use me for good

|D          |D           |D          |D            |G
 -- Put your faith to the test when I tore off your dress

   |G          |D    | D |
 In Richmond on high

|D     |D        |D       |D             |G
 -- But I sobered up and I swore off that stuff

   |G        |D    | D |
 Forever this time

|D     |D/C#       |Bm7     |Bm7            |G
 -- The old lover's sing, "I thought it'd be me

    |G             |D    | D |
 Who helped him get home"

|D     |D         |D             |D        |G
 -- But home was a dream one that I'd never seen

     |G        |D    | D | D |
 'Til you came along

|D     |D              |D          |G
 -- So, girl, hang your dress up to dry

         |G           |D    | D | D |
 We ain't leavin' this room

|D      |D           |D          |G
 -- 'Til Percy Priest breaks open wide

        |G         |D       | D | D |
 And the river runs through

|D     |Em7         |Em7         |
 -- And carries this house on the

|G            |G            |Bm7  | Bm7 |
 Stones like a piece of driftwood

|Bm7 |D       |D     |D           |G
 --     Cover me up and know you're enough

   |G         |D    | D | D |
 To use me for good

|D     |D               |D           |G
 -- So, girl, leave your boots by the bed

         |G           |D    | D | D |
 We ain't leavin' this room

|D      |D            |D      |G
 -- 'Til someone needs medical help

       |G        |D     | D | D |
 Or the magnolias bloom

|D      |Em7         |Em7        |
 -- It's cold in this house and I

|G          |G          |Bm7  | Bm7 |
 Ain't going out to chop wood

|Bm7 |D       |D     |D           |G
 --  So cover me up and know you're enough

   |G         |D    | D | D |
 To use me for good

|D       |D     |D           |G
 Cover me up and know you're enough

   |G         |D    | D | D |
 To use me for good

Intro:
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B |--2--------|-2-----|-------|-3-----|-------|-2-----|-2-----|
G |--3-h5-3-0-|-3-----|-------|-0-----|-------|-3-----|-3-----|
D |--0--------|-4-----|-4-2-0-|-0-----|-0---0-|-0-----|-0-----|
A |-----------|-------|-------|-2-----|---4---|-------|-------|
E |-----------|-------|-------|-3-----|-------|-------|-------|