Chords for Tyler Childers - Rock, Salt and Nails - The Good People Festival

[G] Oh, _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ by the banks of the river [C] where _ [G] _ _ _ [C] the willows [G] hang down.
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_ _ [G] _ _ [D] The [A] wild birds they [E] warm up _
[Em] _ [C] _ _ with the morning [G] sound. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] Way down in [Em] the hollow _ _ [G] where [C] _ _ the river [G] runs cold.
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_ [G] _ _ It [D] was there I first [F] listened _ _ [C] to _ _ _ lies that you [G] told.
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_ [G] _ _ _ Now I lie on my back _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ and I see your sweet face.
[C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] The past [Em] I remember _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ all can [G] erase _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] in letters [E] you wrote [Em] me. _ _
_ [C] _ They were written [G] in shame.
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_ [G] _ _ And I know that your [F] _ conscience _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] still echoes in my name.
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_ [G] _ Now [Gm] if the ladies [G] were blackbirds, _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ if the ladies were thrushes.
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_ [G] _ Oh, [Am] I'd lie there [Em] for _ hours _
_ [C] in _ the chilly [G] cold marshes. _
[C] _ [G] _ _ And if [D] the women [Em] were _ _ _ _
[G] [C] squirrels _ with them high [G] bushy tails.
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_ [G] _ _ I'd fill up [F] my shotgun _ _ [C] with _ _ rock salt [G] and nails.
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_ [G] _ I'd fill up [F] my shotgun. _ _
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