Jason Isbell – Hudson Commodore (Guitar)

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[Intro] Dm C G x2 [Verse 1]
G                C                  G
Time between the glory days and the golden years

C                           G
She did the work of 20 able men

     D
Sent Tommy off to school to be an engineer

    D                             G
And Sarah went to try out all the sins

G                  C              G
She took to taking tea out in the Belvedere

C                              G
Bourbon in the evenings by the fire

   D
As if the Great Depression never made it here

   D                       G
As if she had defeated her desire
[Chorus]
                   Em                   G
She just wanted to ride in a Delahaye 135

                   Em                    G
She just wanted to ride in a Hudson Commodore

D                   C     G
No need to worry anymore
[Verse 2]
G                C              G
A doctor, then a lawyer, then a Roosevelt

C                                  G
Tried to take her underneath their wing

D
She was in her 20's in the Bible Belt

  D                               G
Before she knew she didn't need a thing

G                     C                G
She didn't need their pity on a single girl

C                                       G
She didn't need their help to raise the brood

    D
She wouldn't be returning to her daddy's world

    D                        G
She didn't want a better attitude
[Chorus]
                   Em                   G
She just wanted to ride in a Delahaye 135

                   Em                    G
She just wanted to ride in a Hudson Commodore

D                   C     G
No need to worry anymore
(Instrumental) [Chorus]
                   Em                   G
She just wanted to ride in a Delahaye 135

                   Em                    G
She just wanted to ride in a Hudson Commodore

D                   C     G
No need to worry anymore