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Kentucky 1988 by Kelsey Waldon
Kentucky 1988
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Key: Eb
[Intro]
D D D D
D D D D
[Verse 1]
D D A A
Before I was alive, unborned and unnamed
G G G D D D D
of two imperfect people into this world I came.
D D A A
Between walls of knotty pine, a brown trailer on wheels
G G G D D D D
on a concrete foundation, in the middle of a dove-huntin' field.
[Chorus 1]
Em G A A Em G A A
This is my DNA, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Em G D A A G G G G D D D D
When things got rough, we did not complain. Kentucky, 1988.
[Verse 2]
D D A A
I can hear the gravel split from a mile away,
G G G D D D D
got the hell out of Dodge in Mama's S-10 Chevrolet.
D D A A
And I was much too young to be in the middle back then,
G G G D D D D
but now Daddy's talkin' to us with bloodshot eyes again.
[Chorus 2]
Em G A A Em G A A
He's sayin' things he don't mean to say, maybe he should be alone today,
Em G D A A G G G G D D D D
but I still love him anyway. Kentucky, 1988.
[Bridge]
Em D A A
I know exactly what it's worth:
Em D A A
sun blisters on your skin, an arrowhead in the dirt;
Em D D A
the Ohio River rolls on banks of sand
Em G D A N.C.
and if it don't flood this year, we'll have crops again.
[Instrumental Break]
Em G A A
Em G A A
Em G D A A
G G G G
D D D D
[Verse 3]
D D A A
Troubles and trials and come what may,
G G G D D D D
sunday school for your prayin', rotgut for your pain.
D D A A
Granddaddy's a local 181, he's workin' for the Union,
G G G D D D D
a wise woman told me: "Memories, you can choose them".
[End-Chorus]
Em G A A Em G A A
This is my DNA, no matter how far I get away.
Em G D A A G G G G D
There's just some things that will never change: Kentucky, 1988.
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