Making Of Something More Than Free Chords by Jason Isbell

[Am] _ _ [Em] I don't think [D] I'm here where it [C] hurts.
I'm just lucky to [Em] have the work.
[D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ At night I dream [D] I'm drowning in [C] the dirt.
But I thank God [G] for the word.
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ The day will [D]
come and I'll [Em] find a reason.
_ _ Somebody [D] _
proud to love a man [C] like me.
My [D] back is numb, my [Em] hands are free. _ _
[D] What I'm working for is something more [Em] than free.
_ _ [G] _
I've [Bb] got a [N] bridge written.
What does the bridge sound like?
I'll have to learn myself a bit for it.
I think it's a little bit of a chorus, but I feel like this is the second part.
[Ebm] Well, can I [Em] hear?
I don't think I'm [D] here [A] where [C] it hurts.
I'm just lucky to [Em] have the work.
_ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Em] Sunday morning [D] I'm too tired to [Em] go to church.
But I thank God for the word.
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _
And we can go right into [G] the next.
Lucky my, I'm the one.
Yeah, for the first time maybe.
First [Em] time, for sure.
Let's go right into that next verse. _
Here.
Is there a [C] pencil in here? _ _
[Em] _ _ Thank [D] you.
And then the second half of that, [G] because lyrically I [D] don't need bridge.
[C] So the [Db] second half of that chorus could come in the second time the [N] chorus does and serve as a bridge.
_ [Gm] Right, yeah, I get it.
That makes perfect sense, absolutely.
But I love all the lyrics.
We'll get them [B] in there.
We'll make it more [Bb] important.
It's the same thing, [C] right?
Yeah.
[B] _ _ [Em] _ [B] So the [Am] first chorus [Em] will be.
That sounded like a [G] Portlandian.
[C] _ We can even do substitutions for [D] some of those chords and make them a little bit more interesting.
I don't think [Bb] we have to.
I don't want to become prog for [B] prog today.
I just want the lyric to all [Em] of a sudden finish the chorus.
[D] Sunday morning I'm too tired to go [Em] to church.
But I thank God for [G] the word. _ _ _
[C] Should we go to that [G] D there? _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] That's kind of cooler.
That's way hipper.
[Em] Sunday [D] morning I'm too tired to go to [C] church.
But I thank [G] God for the word.
[C] _ _ [G] Yeah, there you go.
Bam.
[E] That's what I'm looking for.
That's it.
[A] That's supposed to be [C] great.
That's exactly it.
Because now that lyric is finishing the chorus.
[Ab] Exactly, that's what [G] I'm looking for. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ When I get home from work, [C] I'll call up all [G] my friends.
And we'll [Em] go bust up something beautiful [G] we'll have to build again.
When I get home from work, I'll wrestle off my clothes and leave them right inside the front door.
Because nobody's home to know.
[D] You see a hammer finds a nail [Am] and a freight [G] train needs a rail.
[D] And I'm doing what I'm on this [Am] earth to do.
And I [Em] don't thank [D] God I'm here where it [C] hurts.
_ I'm just lucky to [Em] have the work.
[D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Sunday morning [D] I'm too tired to go [C] to church.
But I thank God [Em] for the word.
[D] I _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ get my reward.
[C] My work will all [G] be done.
And I [Em] will sit back in [C] my chair beside [G] the Father and the Son.
_ No more holes to fill.
[C] And no more [G] rocks to break.
[D] And no [Em] more loading boxes [C]
on the trucks [G] for someone else's sake.
[D] Because the hammer needs a nail [C] and the poor man's [G] up for sale.
Guess [D] I'm doing what I'm on this [Am] earth to do.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [N] _ _