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Coffin Nails by Lucero






 
                         Coffin Nails 








Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 2nd fret
Key: Fm
 
Chords used:
Em7:    020030
G6sus2: 300030
A7sus4: x02030
Cadd9:  x32030
Dsus2:  x00230
 
 
[Intro]
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
 
 
[Verse 1]
Em7       G6sus2   A7sus4             Em7        G6sus2  A7sus4
Something from the dark came down the night John Rufus  died
   Em7    G6sus2  A7sus4         Em7      G6sus2    A7sus4
It landed on the window sill and there it cried all night
   Em7       G6sus2  A7sus4       Em7     G6sus2     A7sus4
We could not see the shape of it, wailing filled the air
   Em7      G6sus2  A7sus4             Em7      G6sus2  A7sus4
We knew not what it looked like but we knew why it was there
 
 
[Chorus]
  Cadd9    G6sus2      A7sus4    Em7
I weigh my deeds on my father's scales
      A7sus4  G6sus2    Dsus2  Em7
And I balance them with coffin nails
 
 
[Instrumental]
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
 
 
[Verse 2]
Em7       G6sus2     A7sus4         Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
I'd moved off of the family farm in 1954
      Em7    G6sus2  A7sus4            Em7       G6sus2  A7sus4
I was in and out of Fort Roots since I came back from the war
Em7     G6sus2  A7sus4        Em7    G6sus2   A7sus4
He died on the  Ides of March just before the dawn
Em7   G6sus2   A7sus4             Em7     G6sus2    A7sus4
Mama stayed up with him 'til that howling thing was gone
 
 
[Chorus]
  Cadd9    G6sus2      A7sus4    Em7
I weigh my deeds on my father's scales
      A7sus4  G6sus2    Dsus2  Em7
And I balance them with coffin nails
 
 
[Instrumental]
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
 
 
[Bridge]
    Cadd9
The things we carried in war
                    Em7
The things we carry now
Cadd9
Every ounce added up
                       Dsus2
Can't seem to set them down
                        Em7
I can't seem to set 'em down
 
 
[Instrumental]
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
 
 
[Verse 3]
Em7       G6sus2   A7sus4          Em7     G6sus2   A7sus4
Something from the dark came down, I still hear its song
       Em7    G6sus2   A7sus4            Em7       G6sus2  A7sus4
Did it follow from the old world? Had it been here all   along?
    Em7     G6sus2  A7sus4        Em7     G6sus2  A7sus4
The banshee didn't seem to bother when it was wartime
Em7      G6sus2    A7sus4      Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Too much death and sorrow, too many people crying
 
 
[Chorus]
  Cadd9    G6sus2      A7sus4    Em7
I weigh my deeds on my father's scales
      A7sus4  G6sus2    Dsus2  Em7  G6sus2
And I balance them with coffin nails
  Cadd9    G6sus2      A7sus4     Em7
I weigh my deeds on my father's scales
      A7sus4  G6sus2    Dsus2  Em7
And I balance them with coffin nails
 
 
[Outro]
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4
Em7  G6sus2  A7sus4







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