Jason Isbell – New South Wales (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) • Capo 2
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By: Jason Isbell Album: Southeastern Tabbed by: the JK5000 [Intro] D [Verse]
       D                  G               D
Here we sit, across the table from each other

           G                    D
A thousand miles from both our mothers

        E7            A
Barely old enough to rust.

        D               G                D
Here we sit, pretending both our hearts are anchored

         G               D
Taking candy from these strangers 

            A               D
Amidst the diesel and the dust.

          D            G           D
Here we sit, singing words nobody taught us.

          G                 D
Drinking fire and spitting sawdust

          E7                  A
Trying to teach ourselves to breathe.

           D               G                D
We haven't yet, but every chorus brings us closer

      G                D    
Every flyer and every poster 

         A                D
Gives a piece of what we need.
[Chorus 1]
        G                                    D
And the sand that they call cocaine cost you twice as much as gold

         G                                A
You'd be better of to drink your coffee black

       D         D/C#      D/B       D/A     G               D
But I swear the land it listened to the stories that we told

    D                A                        G     D
God bless the busted boat boat that brings us back
[Verse]
          D                      G             D
Mornings rough, it don't give a damn about the mission

           G            D
Has no aesthetic or tradition,

        E7           A
Only lessons never learned.

            D               G            D
And I'd had enough, about a month ago tomorrow.

         G                 D
Parting holds no trace of sorrow 

         A              D
For the bitter and the burned.
[Chorus 2]
        G                            D  
And the piss they call tequila even Waylon wouldn't drink

        G                              A
Well I'd rather  sip this Listerine I packed

       D      D/C#      D/B     D/A   G                  D
But i swear I've never seen a better place to sit and think

   D                  A                    G   D
God bless the busted ship that brings us back
(violin and picking solo) [Chorus 1]
        G                                    D
And the sand that they call cocaine cost you twice as much as gold

         G                                A
You'd be better of to drink your coffee black

       D         D/C#      D/B       D/A     G               D
But I swear the land it listened to the stories that we told

    D                A                        G     D
God bless the busted boat boat that brings us back

    D                A                   G    D
God bless the busted boat that brings us back
*D D/C# D/B D/A G refers to a walk-down using the bass strings while still in a D form.