Chords for Iron & Wine - Thomas County Law (Live on KEXP)

This next song is called _ Thomas County Law.
_ [Eb] It's about being from a small town,
accepting and rejecting your own origins, which is a unique, maybe unique, but it's
definitely a common American experience. _
_ _ [F] Also [Eb] playing out of tune is a common American experience.
_ It's Iron and Wine, live on the Afternoon Show.
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_ _ _ _ Thomas County laws [Ab] got a crooked [Eb] tooth. _ _
_ _ Every traffic light is red [Bb] when it [Eb] tells the truth. _ _ _
_ [Ab] The church bell isn't kidding [C] when it cries [Bb] for you. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Nobody looks away when the sun goes down.
_ _ _ _ Thomas County road takes you where it will. _
_ _ _ Someone's singing on far side above the hill. _ _
[Ab] And there's nowhere [Eb] safe to bury all the time [Bb] I've killed. _ _ _
[Eb] Nobody looks away when the sun goes down.
_ _ _ There's a couple ways to [Ab] cross Thomas [Eb] County line. _
_ _ You can't see beyond the trees, [Ab] they're too [Eb] tall
and wide. _ _ _
[Ab] And I never [Eb] seem to see around my [Bb] brother's wife. _ _ _
[Eb] Nobody looks away when the sun goes down.
_ _ [Ab] There are _ [Eb] castles for kings.
There are [Bb]
birds [Eb] without wings.
[Ab] I could whine [Eb] about it all, [Bb] but I won't.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Thomas County [Ab] laws got a crooked [Eb] tooth. _ _
_ _ There ain't a mother with a heart less than black and blue. _ _ _
[Ab] When they hold them [Eb] to the [Fm] light, you can see [Bb] right through. _ _ _
[Ab] Every [D] dreamer falls asleep [Fm] in their [Bb] dancing shoes.
_ _ _ [Ab] I may say I [Cm] don't [F] belong here, but I know [Bb] I do. _
_ _ [Eb] Nobody looks away [Ab] when the [Eb] sun goes down. _ _ _
_ Nobody looks [Ab] away when the [Eb] sun goes down. _ _ _ _
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