Chords for Uncle Lucius performs "Keep The Wolves Away" on The Texas Music Scene

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[G] _ _ [C] _ [A#] Uncle [G] Lucius' album, And [C] You Are Me, is [A#] full of this Austin-based [G] band's influences and impressive songwriting.
One highlight is the biographical song, Keep the Wolves [D] Away, written by [A] lead vocalist Kevin Galloway.
_ _ [D] Yeah, I wrote Keep the Wolves Away.
It's a true story, actually.
I was born in Freeport, Texas, _ _ _ surrounded by refineries and chemical plants.
[A] [F#m] My [C#m] dad was [Bm] actually hurt in a bad accident.
He went to Galveston [D] to clean up a spill on a ship [A] and [D] was hurt badly.
The only reason he survived is because the burn unit, [C#] the [F#] best one in the world, [A] is right across the street from where he had [Bm] his accident.
Chemical burns.
And so, [D] you know, it's totally true, the whole thing.
It's kind of [G] inspired _ _ me to do the thing [A] that I do now, _ to help them out.
[D] _ He's still [A] alive, he's doing good, [Bm] but like the song says, he's pinching for [G] pennies.
_ _ _ He was out of work [A] for a very long time because of that.
It changed [D] everything for us.
So [C#m] it's pretty cool to [Bm] kind of _ bring it all back around.
[G] It's a compelling story as well, and I think it's also, [B] it hits [A] home with people that [D] are in the grind.
You hear that story all the time.
Blue collar, in the grind, and just barely making it.
[C#m] Especially these days, you know. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C#m] Took my first breath where the muddy brazier [E] spills into the Gulf of Mexico
[B] Where the skyline is colored by chemical plants that put [A] bread on the table of the working man
Where [C#m] the working man does his best to provide _ [E] safety and shelter for kids and a wife
[B] Giving a little of his soul every day, [A] making overtime to keep the wolves away
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_ _ was [C#m] barely 13 when the company man [E] tried to dig my daddy's grave
_ It [B] happened on a French owned tanker ship spilling [A] poison into Galveston Bay
_ Where [C#m] the liquid fire filled his lungs and his eyes, _ [E] silenced any more cries
[B] Cold in the grill, a death stinging pain, [A] he fought like hell to keep the wolves away _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ For [C#m] the next few years, dad was sick as a [F#m] dog, but he [E] made a recovery just to spite the [B] odds
The settlement came and we moved out of town where [A] the sky isn't heavy with refinery clouds
[C#m] Yeah, he's still alive, he's doing good, he's in his 50s, [E] but the money's running out
And he's pinching for [B] pennies, so I'm going for broke with every song I play
[A] Cause now it's my turn to keep the wolves away
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