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Cover Me Up by Jason Isbell - Guitar Chords

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            COVER ME UP
BY JASON ISBELL, FROM SOUTHEASTERN

INTRO: GUITAR INTERLUDE LIKE 1 LINE OF VERSE
*CAPO 1; KEY OF Eb


[Intro]

D  G    D


[Verse 1]

               D                        G                      D
A heart on the run, keeps a hand on the gun, it can’t trust anyone
         D                       G                            D
I was so sure, what I needed was more, tried to shoot out the sun
                Bm                     G                     D
In days when we raged, we flew off the page, such damage was done
              D                        G                         D
But I made it through, ‘cause somebody knew, I was meant for someone


[Chorus 1]

   D                            G                         D
So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room
     D                     G                  D
'Til someone needs medical help or the magnolia’s bloom
     Em                       G                       Bm
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood
            D                   G                   D
So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


[Interlude]

D  G    D


[Verse 2]

                      D                          G                    D
Put your faith to the test, when I tore off your dress, in Richmond on high
          D                        G                   D
I sobered up, and I swore off that stuff, forever this time
                   Bm                       G                  D
And the old lovers sing "I thought it’d be me who helped him get home"
               D                    G                    D
But home was a dream, one I’d never seen, ‘til you came along


[Chorus 2]

   D                          G                          D
So girl hang your dress up to dry, we ain’t leavin’ this room
         D                        G                   D
'Til the Percy Priest breaks open wide and the river runs through*
Em                        G                           Bm
Carries this house on the stones like a piece of driftwood
         D                   G                   D
Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


[Interlude]

D  G    D
D  G    D


[Chorus 1]

   D                            G                         D
So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room
     D                     G                  D
'Til someone needs medical help or the magnolia’s bloom
     Em                       G                       Bm
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood
            D                   G                   D
So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


[Tag]

         D                   G                   D
Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


[Interlude]

D  G    D
D


*Videos show Isbell capoed at 2, (but at capo 2 he's in Drop Db tuning).
 This chording makes some lead lines easier.
**Percy Priest is a lake and dam near Nashville.
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