Dark and Dirty Mile Chords by Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Jason Boland, Stoney Larue
Tempo:
87 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
C#m
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
I refused to spend the rest of [E] my days trying to get away [B] from all the things I did when I [F#] knew [G#] not what [A#] I had done.
Oh, [B] so young and tired and love was [E] not an item I bought, always [B] refused to hear them tell [F#] me not to stare into [B] the sun.
Well, this pornographic place told me [E] a body was to be [B] feared and then wanted at the same [F#] time, man, if [C#m] you could figure [C#m] how.
[B] Feared because it was a [E] pathway to immortal sin and [B] then wanted cause we'll all be [F#] dust a few short [B] years from now.
[F#] It's a broken hearted world that [E] we inherit.
[F#] All you're told to do is [E] sin and bury it for a [B] little while [E] on the dark and [B] dirty mile.
[E] [F#]
[B] It took a while at least for me [E] to live enough till I believed [B] in none of what I heard [F#] and left then half [C#] of what I [A#m] saw.
[C#]
[B] Like the days have come [E] and gone, some are lost and some [B] are on their way back home to figure [F#] out a place to place it [B] all.
[F#] Cause it's a broken hearted world [E] that we inherit.
[F#] All you're told to do is [E] sin and bury it for a [B] little while on [E] this dark and [B] dirty mile.
[E] We're all family [B] here on [E] trial.
On the dark and [B] dirty mile.
[E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E] [F#]
[B] Well, finally, I [E] realized that knowledge better make you [B] wiser.
All the knots you learn to [F#] tie will [G#] leave you [A#m] in a ball.
[C#m]
[B] Helpless as when we were [E] born, threadbare and holy [B] born, out shivering as summer [F#] gives way to [B] early fall.
[F#] Cause it's a broken hearted world that [E] we inherit.
[F#] All you're told to do is [E] sin and bury it [B] for a little while [E] on this dark [B] and dirty mile.
[E] We're all family [B] here on trial.
[E] On the dark [B] and dirty mile.
[E] [B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E] [F#]
[B]
I refused to spend the rest of [E] my days trying to get away [B] from all the things I did when I [F#] knew [G#] not what [A#] I had done.
Oh, [B] so young and tired and love was [E] not an item I bought, always [B] refused to hear them tell [F#] me not to stare into [B] the sun.
Well, this pornographic place told me [E] a body was to be [B] feared and then wanted at the same [F#] time, man, if [C#m] you could figure [C#m] how.
[B] Feared because it was a [E] pathway to immortal sin and [B] then wanted cause we'll all be [F#] dust a few short [B] years from now.
[F#] It's a broken hearted world that [E] we inherit.
[F#] All you're told to do is [E] sin and bury it for a [B] little while [E] on the dark and [B] dirty mile.
[E] [F#]
[B] It took a while at least for me [E] to live enough till I believed [B] in none of what I heard [F#] and left then half [C#] of what I [A#m] saw.
[C#]
[B] Like the days have come [E] and gone, some are lost and some [B] are on their way back home to figure [F#] out a place to place it [B] all.
[F#] Cause it's a broken hearted world [E] that we inherit.
[F#] All you're told to do is [E] sin and bury it for a [B] little while on [E] this dark and [B] dirty mile.
[E] We're all family [B] here on [E] trial.
On the dark and [B] dirty mile.
[E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E] [F#]
[B] Well, finally, I [E] realized that knowledge better make you [B] wiser.
All the knots you learn to [F#] tie will [G#] leave you [A#m] in a ball.
[C#m]
[B] Helpless as when we were [E] born, threadbare and holy [B] born, out shivering as summer [F#] gives way to [B] early fall.
[F#] Cause it's a broken hearted world that [E] we inherit.
[F#] All you're told to do is [E] sin and bury it [B] for a little while [E] on this dark [B] and dirty mile.
[E] We're all family [B] here on trial.
[E] On the dark [B] and dirty mile.
[E] [B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E]
[B] [E] [F#]
[B]
Key:
B
E
F#
C#m
G#
B
E
F#
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I refused to spend the rest of [E] my days trying to get away [B] from all the things I did when I [F#] knew [G#] not what [A#] I had done.
Oh, [B] so young and tired and love was [E] not an item I bought, always [B] refused to hear them tell [F#] me not to stare into [B] the sun.
_ _ _ _ Well, this pornographic place told me [E] a body was to be [B] feared and then wanted at the same [F#] time, man, if [C#m] you could figure [C#m] how.
[B] Feared because it was a [E] pathway to immortal sin and [B] then wanted cause we'll all be [F#] dust a few short [B] years from now. _
[F#] It's a broken hearted world that [E] we inherit. _ _
[F#] All you're told to do is [E] sin and bury it for a [B] little while _ [E] _ _ on the dark and [B] dirty mile.
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
[B] It took a while at least for me [E] to live enough till I believed [B] in none of what I heard [F#] and left then half [C#] of what I [A#m] saw.
[C#]
[B] Like the days have come [E] and gone, some are lost and some [B] are on their way back home to figure [F#] out a place to place it [B] all. _
[F#] Cause it's a broken hearted world [E] that we inherit. _
_ [F#] All you're told to do is [E] sin and bury it for a [B] little while on [E] _ this dark and [B] dirty mile.
_ _ [E] _ We're all family [B] here on _ [E] trial.
_ On the dark and [B] dirty mile.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ Well, _ finally, I [E] realized that knowledge better make you [B] wiser.
All the knots you learn to [F#] tie will [G#] leave you [A#m] in a ball.
[C#m] _
[B] Helpless as when we were [E] born, threadbare and holy [B] born, out shivering as summer [F#] gives way to [B] early fall.
_ [F#] Cause it's a broken hearted world that [E] we inherit.
_ _ [F#] All you're told to do is [E] sin and bury it [B] for a little while _ [E] _ on this dark [B] and dirty mile.
_ _ [E] We're all family [B] here on trial.
_ [E] _ On the dark [B] and dirty mile.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I refused to spend the rest of [E] my days trying to get away [B] from all the things I did when I [F#] knew [G#] not what [A#] I had done.
Oh, [B] so young and tired and love was [E] not an item I bought, always [B] refused to hear them tell [F#] me not to stare into [B] the sun.
_ _ _ _ Well, this pornographic place told me [E] a body was to be [B] feared and then wanted at the same [F#] time, man, if [C#m] you could figure [C#m] how.
[B] Feared because it was a [E] pathway to immortal sin and [B] then wanted cause we'll all be [F#] dust a few short [B] years from now. _
[F#] It's a broken hearted world that [E] we inherit. _ _
[F#] All you're told to do is [E] sin and bury it for a [B] little while _ [E] _ _ on the dark and [B] dirty mile.
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
[B] It took a while at least for me [E] to live enough till I believed [B] in none of what I heard [F#] and left then half [C#] of what I [A#m] saw.
[C#]
[B] Like the days have come [E] and gone, some are lost and some [B] are on their way back home to figure [F#] out a place to place it [B] all. _
[F#] Cause it's a broken hearted world [E] that we inherit. _
_ [F#] All you're told to do is [E] sin and bury it for a [B] little while on [E] _ this dark and [B] dirty mile.
_ _ [E] _ We're all family [B] here on _ [E] trial.
_ On the dark and [B] dirty mile.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ Well, _ finally, I [E] realized that knowledge better make you [B] wiser.
All the knots you learn to [F#] tie will [G#] leave you [A#m] in a ball.
[C#m] _
[B] Helpless as when we were [E] born, threadbare and holy [B] born, out shivering as summer [F#] gives way to [B] early fall.
_ [F#] Cause it's a broken hearted world that [E] we inherit.
_ _ [F#] All you're told to do is [E] sin and bury it [B] for a little while _ [E] _ on this dark [B] and dirty mile.
_ _ [E] We're all family [B] here on trial.
_ [E] _ On the dark [B] and dirty mile.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
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