Intro
[Em] [Dm] [C7] [B7]
[Em] [Dm] [C7] [B7]
[Em] [C7] [B7] [Em]
Verse 1
[Em7] [Am7] [B7] [Em]
The tires sang low on melting tar,
[Em7] [Am7] [B7] [Em] [Em7]
Jackson fading in the rearview far.
[Am7] [D7] [G7]
Sweat on my neck, guitar by my side,
[C]
Sun sinking slow but the heat wouldn’t hide
[Gbm] [B] [Em]
just hung there, wild and wide.
Verse 2
[B] [Em]
The river whispered, “don’t stay too long,
[Am] [B] [Em]
But New Orleans called with a brass-band song.
[Am] [B] [Em]
Where the blues kicks off its dusty shoes in the street,
[Am] [Gm]
jazz picks it up saying, “come on, feel the beat.”
[B] [Em]
The RV’s resting, engine gone quiet and still,
[Am] [B] [Em]
But my mind keeps rolling over every hill.
[C] [B] [Em]
Humidity thick, but there’s fire in my hand,
[Am] [B] [C]
Every note sticking like it belongs to this land.
Solo
[B] [A] [Em] [Gm] [C] [B]
[Em] [G] [C] [B]
[Am] [D]
Verse 3
[G] [B] [Em]
In a smoky bar where time slips away,
[Am] [B] [Em]
A trumpet whispers what words couldn’t say.
[C] [B] [Em]
The piano taps soft like a heart in the night,
[Am] [Gbm] [B]
Every note landing just right, just right.
Solo
[Em] [C] [B] [Em]
Bridge
[Em] [C] [B] [Am]
Glasses breathe slow, ice clinks like rain,
[B] [Em] [D]
A sax wraps the silence in a velvet chain.
[C] [Gbm]
Close together, still worlds apart,
[B] [C] [B]
The music plays what we hide in the heart.
Outro
[Em] [C] [B]
[Em] [C] [B]
[Em] [C] [B]
[Em] [C] [B]
[Em] [C] [B] [Em]
