Justin Townes Earle – Rogers Park (Guitar)

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(i.e. first chord is G relative to capo) [Intro] D D G G D [Verse]
D
This town's dead tonight

D                    G          
I got no place to be

G
Moon is hung just right

G                            D
Shine like diamonds on these streets
[Verse]
D
Red Line wind me lonesome

D                             G
It's cuttin' clean through my heart

G
In my window smokin'

G                                             D
While the midnight's setting in on Rogers Park
[Instrumental] D D G G D [Verse]
D
I come here with hopes and

D                             G
Guess I came here with dreams

G
Now I'm all alone

G                         D
I can't even get to sleep
[Verse]
D
So take my heart and break it in

D                         G
Send me back to the pines

G
Tired of lying awake at night

G                                Bm
Feels like I'm runnin outta time
[Chorus]
Bm     A                     D
See my dreams before my eyes

        G
Shadows on the wall

  Bm        A                   D
I ain't got no place I can fall

Bm       A               D
 Snowin' in off the lake

        G
Punchin holes in the dark

Bm                  A
 Through the lonely streets

          D
Of Rogers Park
[Instrumental] D D G G D D D G G D [Verse]
D
So shadow boys are begging and I

D                            G
Hear 'em down in the streets

G 
Corner girls are waiting

G                                      D
For someone to take them off for keeps
[Verse]
D
There ain't no hope in healing them

D                                  G
There ain't no prayer for the poor

G 
And all that's lost in stealin

G                         Bm
She can't hold me anymore
[Chorus]
Bm     A                     D
See my dreams before my eyes

        G
Shadows on the wall

  Bm        A                   D
I ain't got no place I can fall

Bm       A               D
 Snowin' in off the lake

        G
Punchin holes in the dark

Bm                  A
 Through the lonely streets

          D
Of Rogers Park
[Outro]
D                     Bm
Oh through the lonely streets

A          D
 Of Rogers Park