Biography:
Kyle Craft is a singer-songwriter who grew up in a tiny Louisiana town on the banks of the Mississippi, where he spent most of his time catching alligators and rattlesnakes instead of playing football or picking up the guitar. A self-described transient, Kyle Craft finally settled down in Portland, Oregon in 2015 after a three-year courtship with the Rose City. Touring through town led to frequent visits, couch surfing, and now full-time residency; and by all accounts, he's fully embraced his new home.
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Other songs:
- Balmorhea
- Before The Wall
- Belmont One Trick Pony
- Berlin
- Black Mary
- Bridge City Rose
- Chelsea Hotel
- Dolls Of Highland
- Exile Rag
- Eye Of A Hurricane
- Fake Magic Angel
- Fever Dream Girl
- Full Circle Nightmare
- Future Midcity Massacre
- Gloom Girl
- Gold Calf Moan
- Heartbreak Junky
- Jane Beat The Reaper
- Lady Of The Ark
- Pentecost
- Slick Delta Queen
- The Rager
- Three Candles
- Trinidad Beach Before I Ride
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1. Fever Dream Girl
2. Full Circle Nightmare
3. Heartbreak Junky
4. The Rager
5. Exile Rag
6. Belmont (One Trick Pony)
7. Slick & Delta Queen
8. Fake Magic Angel
9. Bridge City Rose
10. Gold Calf Moan
1. Fever Dream Girl
[Intro]
G C7 G C7
G C7 G C7
[Verse 1]
G C7
Was she a trainwreck, was she a last drag?
G C7
Was she the little peace of mind you thought you once had?
G D
Was she the cure-all or just the disease?
C G
Was she the ransacked girl in big denim jeans?
C D
Maybe the money spent, maybe the bad nights,
G C
Maybe the deep wound left behind a spider bite,
G7 D
Maybe the head hung inside a toilet seat,
C7 G7
Maybe the vampire searching for someone to bleed.
[Bridge]
D
Hey, it's whatever she wants to be.
D
Hey, that's whatever she's gonna be
C D
Out there roaming the night,
C D D7
Yes, I'm the only boy she won't fight.
[Verse 2]
G C7
Was she the wedding dress drenched all in gasoline?
G C7
Was she the new-age jezebel dog treat?
G D
Was she the warhead or the firecracker?
C G
Was she death itself or whatever comes after?
C D
Maybe a sucker punch, maybe the common threat,
G C
Maybe the gray teeth pulling on a cigarette,
G7 D
Maybe the absolute, maybe the in-between,
C7 G7
Maybe a fortune teller with no one there to read.
[Bridge]
D
And she waits and she knows herself too well,
D
She stares at her hands but still can't tell
C D
When good luck comes around
C D D7
She packs up all her cards and jumps town.
[Verse 3]
G C7
Was she the trophy wife, was she the wanderer?
G C7
Was she the only spell in life that you've been under?
G D
Was she the broken string or the whole symphony?
C G
Maybe the upright, perfectly out of key,
C D
Maybe a tar pit filled up with ancient bone,
G C
Maybe the footsteps you hear when you're home alone,
G7 D
Maybe the prize bird losing its feathers,
C7 G7
Maybe the glue that just won't hold your shit together.
[Guitar solo]
G C7 G C7
G C7 G C7
A B C D
[Outro]
G C7
Was she the blood moon that means disaster?
G C7
Maybe she's nothing close to what you think you're after.
G D
When all at once, man, you wake and come to
C G
You know exactly what it is that she was to you.
2. Full Circle Nightmare
[Verse 1]
G
She was a ricochet heading back at me
C
She was the full circle nightmare weaved into the thick of my dreams at night
C G
I toss and I turn and I wake up without you at my side
G
These days there's a million ways to make love to a woman
C
But I can't find one way with you
G
You're the full circle nightmare making all these bad dreams come true
[Interlude]
G C G C
[Verse 2]
G
He was a day late, he was a dumb kid
C
He was a little less than what you like so why the hell did you go with it at all?
C G
His picture's perfect babe but it's hanging crooked there on your wall for show
G C
And now you've got to live with every photo you wish you could let go, too bad
C G G7
The full circle nightmare never lets you have what you had
[Chorus]
C G C G D C
But what's a boy to do with such a whiplash woman?
G C Cm G
I never make it through to you in time, time
[Interlude]
G C G C
[Verse 3]
G
It was my last night, it was my last chance
C
It was a warehouse party where I saw her spinning 'round in the dance, alone
C G
A flash of light hit me right in the eyes then she was gone so quick
G C
And the people 'round the punch bowl made me feel so twisted and sick of you
C G G7
You're the full circle nightmare making all these bad dreams come true
[Outro]
C G C G D C
But what's a boy to do with such a whiplash woman?
G C Cm C Cm
I never make it through to you in time, time, time, time
C Cm C Cm
G C G C G
3. Heartbreak Junky
[Intro]
G C
e|-----7-----5-----3-|
B|-5s7---3s5---2s4---|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
[Verse 1]
G C
So you fell in love and it wasn't with me
G C
Hey that's fine, it's about time I let go
G C
But whatever curse you put here in me
G C
Well can you lift it babe before I hit the road?
[Chorus]
A C G
You were a charmer, I was a heartbreak junky
A C G
You were a diamond, I was the heap of fool's gold
A C G
You were the jet plane, I was the parachute failing
A C G
I was the cheap ad when you were the centerfold
[Verse 2]
G C Cm
Then my sun set hard on Carolina
G C Cm
Where she howled about the Pender county line
G C Cm
And her six-string fingers ran the length of some boy's body
G C Cm
In younger dreams I thought that body might be mine
[Chorus]
A C G
You were a cold crush, I was a heartbreak junky
A C G
Now you're a mother and I'm a flashback son
A C G
Yeah I'm a wasteland, you've got all your milk and honey
A C G
And back then I swore you were the only one
[Bridge]
D
So disenchant me baby, I've been dying to know how to give up, get out, stay gone
C
Make me not wanna go back to the girl that I had before, she was so sweet baby so sweet
D
Maybe I can reconcile what I ripped in two
C
That haphazard, half-hearted love I was making with you
Cm
Yeah, I made it with you.
[Verse 3]
G C
But now the bars are closed and the city sleeps tight
G C
As I ramble home my wretched merry way
G C
Where down was up and feeling bad felt so right.
G C
I thought that vertigo was here to stay
[Chorus]
A C G
We're talking hellfire, but at the time, it seemed funny
A C G
When all the demons left the woodwork to play
A C G
With an angel and a heartbreak junky
A C G
Stuck in their rock bottom masquerade
[Bridge]
D
So disconnect me baby, I've been dying to know how to give up, get out, stay gone
C
Make me not wanna go back to the girl that I had before, she was so sweet baby, so sweet
D
Maybe I can reconcile what I ripped in two
C
That haphazard, half-hearted love I was making with you
Cm
Yeah, I made it with you.
[Outro]
C G F
So when Eden burns behind you in the rearview
C G F
and you're off to find a stranger paradise
C
Where you can sing your own way out
G D C
Well, you know that I'll be around
D C Cm
with a sweet-talk woman fading slowly
Cm
on a lovesick mind
4. The Rager
To play along with the album recording,
tune your guitar down one fret
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A
She walked in, her hands in her coat pockets
D A
She brought her best bad habit she's looking for to kill
A
If not herself then maybe tonight's boyfriend
D A
maybe some sad random looking for his fill
E D A
And though I know I'm just some perk
E D F#m
She lets me hang around and watch her work
D A
'Cause she knows what I like to do.
D A
And she knows what I like to see
D A
And she knows how to bring about
D E A
a shattered heart that don't belong to me
[Verse 2]
A
This one's a rager and all the cute girls hate her
D A
And all the boys run terrified from her powder-white toes
A
Who's she, they ask me, as she stumbles past me
D A
It's one of twenty different names depending where she goes
E D A
But I still don't know which one's real
E D F#m
She lets me hang around and watch her deal
D A
Cause she knows where a man gets weak
D A
She leans in with that low-cut dress
D A
She knows what I like to see
D E A
her victims walking out the bar a mess
[Verse 3]
A
Now it's search and destroy for the player of the playboy
D A
For the walking apocalypse and the heels she staggers on
A
She courts the shadows, she swings about the gallows
D A
Rope-to-rope she gets her thrill and lays awake at dawn
E D A
But who can live that way this long
E D F#m
I've seen plenty good girls go wrong
D A
But I've never seen someone like you
D A
Burning holes in a four-post bed
D A
Passed out with your knees all bruised
D E A
Your sleeping hand holding a cigarette
[Outro]
E D A
And your head never hurt so bad
E D F#m
Thinking 'bout the fun you had
D A
What on earth did we do last night?
D A
Why's there blood on the shower wall?
D A
Who's that sleeping on the hardwood floor?
D A
And what's the number written on my palm?
D A
Yeah my keys are somewhere in my pants
D A
But I ain't trying to get back home
D A
Then she wakes up and she quietly laughs
D E A
There's a party tonight if you wanna go
D E A
There's a party tonight if you wanna go
5. Exile Rag
Capo 4
[Intro]
G G C G G C
G G C D C
[Verse 1]
G C
Well I went down the road, take me back to my honey
G D
I spent my time, made my money and now I'm pointing this ship home
G C
But I'll keep your secrets here, some shack in California
G D C#
I'm shutting my mouth but gotta warn you, everybody knows
C C C Fmaj7 C
C C C Fmaj7 C
[Verse 2]
G C
'Cause you've been out all night, always talking at the wrong time
G D
The barroom and the busted lamp light keep you company
G C
And it's there you speak her name and give in to the lips of strangers
G D C#
But poor boy, you'll never tame her, she knows your talk is cheap
C C C Fmaj7 C
C C C Fmaj7 C
[Chorus]
G A7
And by the time that you go get her, by the time that you feel better
G C C Fmaj7 C
By the time that you realize the new you is a drag
G C D G
She'll be rolling in new love and you'll be rolling on the exile rag
[Verse 3]
G C
So Shotgun Annie, come, look down your barrel at me
G D
Take your time, feel free to have me dying or alive.
G C
'Cause I couldn't stand to walk wild streets in New York freezing
G D C#
Looking for a love that pleasing to waltz into my life.
C C C Fmaj7 C
C C C Fmaj7 C
[Chorus]
G A7
But by the time that her door's closing and you feel like you're imposing
G C
on that brand new boyfriend she has.
G C D G
She'll be rolling in new love and you'll be singing on the exile rag.
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 4]
G C
Well the ghost here ain't so bad, but I swear she talks just like you
G D
Shows her teeth and walks just like you do in the middle of the night.
G C
Knee-high boots and bells, she does a turn-round for me.
G D C#
Holds me close but then ignores me underneath the light.
C C C Fmaj7 C
C C C Fmaj7 C
[Chorus]
G A7
And by the time that her train's parting and her tragedy's restarting
G C
And it's you or the cash in a bag.
G C D Em A7
She'll be rolling in millions and you'll be singing the exile rag.
C D
She'll be rolling in new love.
[Outro]
G G C
6. Belmont (One Trick Pony)
[Intro]
E
[Verse 1]
E
That girl's in isolation
E
She said she's dying from the inside out.
E
She said there's no foundation,
E
She said she's stranded thirty miles south of me
A E A
But I'm on Belmont
A E A
And I'm watching all the doves from your dance come alive
E A
now stay to watch you break down
E A
but I'm gonna have to miss your demise
[Chorus]
F# A
'Cause your one trick pony's won out
E
I can't take you, I can't take you
F# A
When there ain't shit to do in your town
E F# A
I can't take you, I can't take you anyhow
Am
Anyhow
[Guitar solo]
E A E A
E A E A
[Verse 2]
E
You best get back to Texas
E
You best get back and find yourself some chic air to breathe
E
You say you're going crazy sounds like you're going to the same place as me.
A E A
But girl I'm up on Belmont
A E A
And you, you're in the depths of suburbian dreams.
E A E A
I'd stay to help you break out but you won't be back in the escape with me.
[Chorus]
F# A
'Cause your one trick pony's won out
E
I can't take you, I can't take you
F# A
When there ain't shit to do in your town
E F# A
I can't take you, I can't take you anyhow
Am
Anyhow
[Guitar solo]
E E E E
E A E A
E A E A
[Chorus]
A F# A
'Cause your one trick pony's won out
E
I can't take you, I can't take you
F# A
When there ain't shit to do in your town
E F# A
I can't take you, I can't take you anyhow
E
Anyhow
E F# A
Anyhow, any
A E
I can't take you now
7. Slick & Delta Queen
[Intro]
E A E A
[Verse 1]
E
She'll be in Denver by the break of dawn
A
Her calloused heart, her regal charm
E
Will grace the city in his open arms
A
And his bed come tonight.
E
But me I'm stranded down on Silver Street
A
Just throwing bottles at the Delta Queen.
E A
She passes slow like your memory, makes the bend
Am
And floats out of sight.
[Interlude]
E C#m A
E C#m A
[Verse 2]
E
Austin, Texas: mattress on the floor.
A
We'd buy some grass from the kid next door.
E
We'd bitch of love as if it was a chore
A
But we made it to ease both our minds.
E
First time I lost you was a mean curveball
A
Thrown in Las vegas down a hotel hall.
E
Why we stuck it out, man, I can't recall,
A Am
Seems my honesty's always on trial.
[Chorus]
E C#m A E C#m A
And I never once called you baby
A E C#m A
I never once called you anything.
A E C#m A
I never once called you baby
A E A E A
I always thought you were more to me.
[Verse 3]
E
And I saw him coming with his suit and tie.
A
His hair slicked back looked a lot like mine.
E
But that was years ago and over time
A
Lost my scissors, my comb, and my style.
E
And how he watched us at the table there
A
As we caught up on our when-and-wheres.
E
Our escapades, our life-ain't-fairs,
A Am
And how you'll be leaving with him tonight.
[Chorus]
E C#m A E C#m A
And I bet he calls you baby
A E C#m A
I never once called you anything.
A E C#m A
Oh I bet he calls you baby
A E A E A
I always thought you were more to me.
[Verse 4]
E
So if I'm breathing on some solid ground
A
And what went up the river comes back down
E
Maybe we'll meet again next time around
A
And talk of those vagabond times.
E
Keep all your stubbornness and pretty smile,
A
Keep all your dreams about that unborn child,
E
Keep both your feet out of the wedding aisle,
A Am E
And I'll keep you in the back of my mind.
8. Fake Magic Angel
[Intro]
E
E G# A C B
[Verse 1]
E A Am E A Am E
Well if you find your way out wandering, walking in a dead man's shadow
E A Am A Am E
If you hit that quicksand running, count me out kid, I can't follow.
E A Am E A Am E
'Cause I put to rest your revelations, I cut the rope, the tie that bound you.
E A Am A Am E
Still you ate that incarnation, just like the day that I found you.
[Chorus]
F# A E F# A E
Oh, you still wear that smile, your crazy whispering denial, sweet nothings.
F# A E D A Am
I can't be the only boy who can see, who believes
A E E7
You're a fake, you're a fake magic angel.
A E E7
You're a fake, you're a fake magic queen.
G# A
Yeah, you suck life out of all that's around you
C B A E
But you won't be sucking nothing out of me.
[Verse 2]
E A Am E A Am E
So move along I'm sick of sad songs, feels just like some ear full of dead air
E A Am A Am E
You seen the part where I said so long, well this is the part where I don't care.
E A Am E A Am E
To aid you in your black hole conquest, to hear you balled each boy in each barroom.
E A Am A Am E
Still you flaunt yourself in that same dress and talk how your magazines taught you.
[Chorus]
F# A E F# A E
But you still wear that pout, your crazy words that in your mouth, just nothing
F# A E D A Am
I can't be the only boy who can see, who believes
A E E7
You're a fake, you're a fake magic angel.
A E E7
Just a gear in this fake magic scene.
G# A
Yeah, you twist and you turn with the times, babe
C B A
You're a fake in a fake magic machine.
[Bridge]
C# A
So pinch me every time I dream
E A
This waking life gets weird enough to not wanna sleep
E A
Seems every time I see you I've got secrets to keep
F#
And it hurts to know, yeah it hurts me so
[Outro]
F# A E F# A E
That you still wear that grin, you're crazy, pissing in the wind, sweet Jesus
F# A E D A Am E
I can't be the only boy who can see, who believes
9. Bridge City Rose
Capo 2
[Intro]
G C Em C
G C Bm Am G
[Verse 1]
G C Em C
You didn't know, you couldn't stand to watch it all slip through your hands
G C Bm Am G
The wayward angel, your promised land, they've burnt to the ground
G C Em C
Stone-drunk on halloween, the shift is like some trick to me
G C Bm Am G
When a call comes from your balcony but no one's around
Bm C Bm C G
So pick your fight, break down the door, endless nights waging war against yourself
C Bm Am G
on the bathroom floor, spilling it out.
[Interlude]
G C Em C
G C Bm Am G
[Verse 2]
G C Em
Now I'm on the bed, her hair's undone, my face is wet,
C G C Bm Am G
Her face is worn from empty years and bitter scorn and a Victorian love.
G C Em C
I don't wanna cause you grief and I don't wanna take the lead.
G C C Bm Am G
Hey little girl, all I wanna see is you getting off.
Bm C Bm C
Clenching thirst and heavy breath, naked as the night we met,
G C C Bm Am G G7
You left it up to me I guess but I'm slow on the draw.
[Chorus]
C G
So while the poor boys sit lonesome at the last call
C D
and the shy ones stare down at their toes,
G C G C
I'll make way for that woman and the mean kingdom coming,
D C Em C
I get tired walking these streets alone.
D C Em C D C G
And I call her my Bridge City Rose, yeah, I'll call her my Bridge City Rose.
[Interlude]
G C Em C
G C Bm Am G
[Verse 3]
G C Em C
The garden on her windowsill, her crystal moons and family stills,
G C G
Jawbone treasures, beatnik thrills and blood-red mulled wine.
G C Em C
The sweetgum hanging overhead, with books I bought but never read.
G C Bm Am G
Can I lay low here, can I stop instead and stay for a while?
Bm C Bm C
'Cause I cant remember the last time I wasn't drawn in neon lights.
G C C Bm Am G G7
Say come drink up the water's fine and the whiskey's half off.
[Chorus]
C G
But before you find yourself torn between lovers
C D
or you're stuck wearing yesterday's clothes.
G C G C
Best make way for that lady and her sweet spirit breaking
D C Em C
Fine glass against any old stone.
D C Em C D C G
Yeah I called her my Bridge City Rose, yeah, I called her my Bridge City Rose.
[Outro]
G C Em C
G C Bm Am G
10. Gold Calf Moan
[Verse 1]
F C Bb C (Bass run) F
Well boy you've got it wrong, golden calf or not, I bet you're still talking about me ugly.
F C Bb C (Bass run) Bb
I never wanted her to give me all she's got and I never wanted her to love me.
Bb Bbm F G Bb
But just like you I was drawn to her eyes, just like you she went and left me.
Bb Bbm F G Bbm
Ah, just like you I can't forget the night, watching that pretty thing undressing, ah.
A Dm Bb F
And you said she could run around with anyone but me.
A Dm Bb C
I couldn't play by your rules boy and neither could she.
F A Dm C Bb
So I laid her down in a gossamer gown on the same bed that you did.
[Chorus]
F A
And the shadows played on the wall. And she told me her closet talk.
Dm C Bb
It's funny you'd think I care at all what you see in me
F A
You're crazy calling that girl a whore, cried like a baby behind her door,
Dm C Bb
Your temper tantrums settle your scores, shit-talk everything that breathes
F C Bb C (bass run) F
And call me whatever you need.
[Verse 2]
F C Bb C (Bass run) F
Well boy you've got it wrong, golden calf or not, I bet you're too dumb to know the difference.
F C Bb C (Bass run) Bb
You're talking like a saint, said throw it in the fire even though you're the one who built him.
Bb Bbm F G Bb
Gathered the jewelry, melted it down, made for yourself to go idolize.
Bb Bbm F G Bbm
But that wasn't me, I already jumped town, catching up to your runaway bride.
A Dm Bb F
And you said she could mop the floor with any modern man.
A Dm Bb C
I wish I played by your rules boy 'cause now I know she can.
F A Dm C Bb
She took my heart in the parking lot from the moment we first kissed.
[Chorus]
F A
Now I'm stuck in some foreign land between my girl and a waste of time
Dm C Bb
Aside from loving all through the night, I'm not so different than you.
F A
High as a kite on the church pew there, so infantile in your wild despairs.
Dm C Bb
I get it boy, you're the perfect pair. That kind of love it takes two.
Bb
So call me whatever you do.
[Interlude]
Bb Bbm F G
Bb Bbm F G
Bbm
[Outro]
C Bb F Bb
But when the party's over honey and your key to the kingdom don't fit the new lock
C Bb F Bb
And everybody's shoving camels through the eye of a needle and you're punching the clock
C Bb F Bb
Yeah when your new squeeze talks both your ears off, baby, you've got that open-road feeling
C Bb Bbm F
You send your regards when your heart is ripe for the stealing
C Bb A G
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------| (Bass run)
D|-------------|
A|-3-3-1-1-0---|
E|-----------3-|
2. Full Circle Nightmare
3. Heartbreak Junky
4. The Rager
5. Exile Rag
6. Belmont (One Trick Pony)
7. Slick & Delta Queen
8. Fake Magic Angel
9. Bridge City Rose
10. Gold Calf Moan
1. Fever Dream Girl
[Intro]
G C7 G C7
G C7 G C7
[Verse 1]
G C7
Was she a trainwreck, was she a last drag?
G C7
Was she the little peace of mind you thought you once had?
G D
Was she the cure-all or just the disease?
C G
Was she the ransacked girl in big denim jeans?
C D
Maybe the money spent, maybe the bad nights,
G C
Maybe the deep wound left behind a spider bite,
G7 D
Maybe the head hung inside a toilet seat,
C7 G7
Maybe the vampire searching for someone to bleed.
[Bridge]
D
Hey, it's whatever she wants to be.
D
Hey, that's whatever she's gonna be
C D
Out there roaming the night,
C D D7
Yes, I'm the only boy she won't fight.
[Verse 2]
G C7
Was she the wedding dress drenched all in gasoline?
G C7
Was she the new-age jezebel dog treat?
G D
Was she the warhead or the firecracker?
C G
Was she death itself or whatever comes after?
C D
Maybe a sucker punch, maybe the common threat,
G C
Maybe the gray teeth pulling on a cigarette,
G7 D
Maybe the absolute, maybe the in-between,
C7 G7
Maybe a fortune teller with no one there to read.
[Bridge]
D
And she waits and she knows herself too well,
D
She stares at her hands but still can't tell
C D
When good luck comes around
C D D7
She packs up all her cards and jumps town.
[Verse 3]
G C7
Was she the trophy wife, was she the wanderer?
G C7
Was she the only spell in life that you've been under?
G D
Was she the broken string or the whole symphony?
C G
Maybe the upright, perfectly out of key,
C D
Maybe a tar pit filled up with ancient bone,
G C
Maybe the footsteps you hear when you're home alone,
G7 D
Maybe the prize bird losing its feathers,
C7 G7
Maybe the glue that just won't hold your shit together.
[Guitar solo]
G C7 G C7
G C7 G C7
A B C D
[Outro]
G C7
Was she the blood moon that means disaster?
G C7
Maybe she's nothing close to what you think you're after.
G D
When all at once, man, you wake and come to
C G
You know exactly what it is that she was to you.
2. Full Circle Nightmare
[Verse 1]
G
She was a ricochet heading back at me
C
She was the full circle nightmare weaved into the thick of my dreams at night
C G
I toss and I turn and I wake up without you at my side
G
These days there's a million ways to make love to a woman
C
But I can't find one way with you
G
You're the full circle nightmare making all these bad dreams come true
[Interlude]
G C G C
[Verse 2]
G
He was a day late, he was a dumb kid
C
He was a little less than what you like so why the hell did you go with it at all?
C G
His picture's perfect babe but it's hanging crooked there on your wall for show
G C
And now you've got to live with every photo you wish you could let go, too bad
C G G7
The full circle nightmare never lets you have what you had
[Chorus]
C G C G D C
But what's a boy to do with such a whiplash woman?
G C Cm G
I never make it through to you in time, time
[Interlude]
G C G C
[Verse 3]
G
It was my last night, it was my last chance
C
It was a warehouse party where I saw her spinning 'round in the dance, alone
C G
A flash of light hit me right in the eyes then she was gone so quick
G C
And the people 'round the punch bowl made me feel so twisted and sick of you
C G G7
You're the full circle nightmare making all these bad dreams come true
[Outro]
C G C G D C
But what's a boy to do with such a whiplash woman?
G C Cm C Cm
I never make it through to you in time, time, time, time
C Cm C Cm
G C G C G
3. Heartbreak Junky
[Intro]
G C
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G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
[Verse 1]
G C
So you fell in love and it wasn't with me
G C
Hey that's fine, it's about time I let go
G C
But whatever curse you put here in me
G C
Well can you lift it babe before I hit the road?
[Chorus]
A C G
You were a charmer, I was a heartbreak junky
A C G
You were a diamond, I was the heap of fool's gold
A C G
You were the jet plane, I was the parachute failing
A C G
I was the cheap ad when you were the centerfold
[Verse 2]
G C Cm
Then my sun set hard on Carolina
G C Cm
Where she howled about the Pender county line
G C Cm
And her six-string fingers ran the length of some boy's body
G C Cm
In younger dreams I thought that body might be mine
[Chorus]
A C G
You were a cold crush, I was a heartbreak junky
A C G
Now you're a mother and I'm a flashback son
A C G
Yeah I'm a wasteland, you've got all your milk and honey
A C G
And back then I swore you were the only one
[Bridge]
D
So disenchant me baby, I've been dying to know how to give up, get out, stay gone
C
Make me not wanna go back to the girl that I had before, she was so sweet baby so sweet
D
Maybe I can reconcile what I ripped in two
C
That haphazard, half-hearted love I was making with you
Cm
Yeah, I made it with you.
[Verse 3]
G C
But now the bars are closed and the city sleeps tight
G C
As I ramble home my wretched merry way
G C
Where down was up and feeling bad felt so right.
G C
I thought that vertigo was here to stay
[Chorus]
A C G
We're talking hellfire, but at the time, it seemed funny
A C G
When all the demons left the woodwork to play
A C G
With an angel and a heartbreak junky
A C G
Stuck in their rock bottom masquerade
[Bridge]
D
So disconnect me baby, I've been dying to know how to give up, get out, stay gone
C
Make me not wanna go back to the girl that I had before, she was so sweet baby, so sweet
D
Maybe I can reconcile what I ripped in two
C
That haphazard, half-hearted love I was making with you
Cm
Yeah, I made it with you.
[Outro]
C G F
So when Eden burns behind you in the rearview
C G F
and you're off to find a stranger paradise
C
Where you can sing your own way out
G D C
Well, you know that I'll be around
D C Cm
with a sweet-talk woman fading slowly
Cm
on a lovesick mind
4. The Rager
To play along with the album recording,
tune your guitar down one fret
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A
She walked in, her hands in her coat pockets
D A
She brought her best bad habit she's looking for to kill
A
If not herself then maybe tonight's boyfriend
D A
maybe some sad random looking for his fill
E D A
And though I know I'm just some perk
E D F#m
She lets me hang around and watch her work
D A
'Cause she knows what I like to do.
D A
And she knows what I like to see
D A
And she knows how to bring about
D E A
a shattered heart that don't belong to me
[Verse 2]
A
This one's a rager and all the cute girls hate her
D A
And all the boys run terrified from her powder-white toes
A
Who's she, they ask me, as she stumbles past me
D A
It's one of twenty different names depending where she goes
E D A
But I still don't know which one's real
E D F#m
She lets me hang around and watch her deal
D A
Cause she knows where a man gets weak
D A
She leans in with that low-cut dress
D A
She knows what I like to see
D E A
her victims walking out the bar a mess
[Verse 3]
A
Now it's search and destroy for the player of the playboy
D A
For the walking apocalypse and the heels she staggers on
A
She courts the shadows, she swings about the gallows
D A
Rope-to-rope she gets her thrill and lays awake at dawn
E D A
But who can live that way this long
E D F#m
I've seen plenty good girls go wrong
D A
But I've never seen someone like you
D A
Burning holes in a four-post bed
D A
Passed out with your knees all bruised
D E A
Your sleeping hand holding a cigarette
[Outro]
E D A
And your head never hurt so bad
E D F#m
Thinking 'bout the fun you had
D A
What on earth did we do last night?
D A
Why's there blood on the shower wall?
D A
Who's that sleeping on the hardwood floor?
D A
And what's the number written on my palm?
D A
Yeah my keys are somewhere in my pants
D A
But I ain't trying to get back home
D A
Then she wakes up and she quietly laughs
D E A
There's a party tonight if you wanna go
D E A
There's a party tonight if you wanna go
5. Exile Rag
Capo 4
[Intro]
G G C G G C
G G C D C
[Verse 1]
G C
Well I went down the road, take me back to my honey
G D
I spent my time, made my money and now I'm pointing this ship home
G C
But I'll keep your secrets here, some shack in California
G D C#
I'm shutting my mouth but gotta warn you, everybody knows
C C C Fmaj7 C
C C C Fmaj7 C
[Verse 2]
G C
'Cause you've been out all night, always talking at the wrong time
G D
The barroom and the busted lamp light keep you company
G C
And it's there you speak her name and give in to the lips of strangers
G D C#
But poor boy, you'll never tame her, she knows your talk is cheap
C C C Fmaj7 C
C C C Fmaj7 C
[Chorus]
G A7
And by the time that you go get her, by the time that you feel better
G C C Fmaj7 C
By the time that you realize the new you is a drag
G C D G
She'll be rolling in new love and you'll be rolling on the exile rag
[Verse 3]
G C
So Shotgun Annie, come, look down your barrel at me
G D
Take your time, feel free to have me dying or alive.
G C
'Cause I couldn't stand to walk wild streets in New York freezing
G D C#
Looking for a love that pleasing to waltz into my life.
C C C Fmaj7 C
C C C Fmaj7 C
[Chorus]
G A7
But by the time that her door's closing and you feel like you're imposing
G C
on that brand new boyfriend she has.
G C D G
She'll be rolling in new love and you'll be singing on the exile rag.
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 4]
G C
Well the ghost here ain't so bad, but I swear she talks just like you
G D
Shows her teeth and walks just like you do in the middle of the night.
G C
Knee-high boots and bells, she does a turn-round for me.
G D C#
Holds me close but then ignores me underneath the light.
C C C Fmaj7 C
C C C Fmaj7 C
[Chorus]
G A7
And by the time that her train's parting and her tragedy's restarting
G C
And it's you or the cash in a bag.
G C D Em A7
She'll be rolling in millions and you'll be singing the exile rag.
C D
She'll be rolling in new love.
[Outro]
G G C
6. Belmont (One Trick Pony)
[Intro]
E
[Verse 1]
E
That girl's in isolation
E
She said she's dying from the inside out.
E
She said there's no foundation,
E
She said she's stranded thirty miles south of me
A E A
But I'm on Belmont
A E A
And I'm watching all the doves from your dance come alive
E A
now stay to watch you break down
E A
but I'm gonna have to miss your demise
[Chorus]
F# A
'Cause your one trick pony's won out
E
I can't take you, I can't take you
F# A
When there ain't shit to do in your town
E F# A
I can't take you, I can't take you anyhow
Am
Anyhow
[Guitar solo]
E A E A
E A E A
[Verse 2]
E
You best get back to Texas
E
You best get back and find yourself some chic air to breathe
E
You say you're going crazy sounds like you're going to the same place as me.
A E A
But girl I'm up on Belmont
A E A
And you, you're in the depths of suburbian dreams.
E A E A
I'd stay to help you break out but you won't be back in the escape with me.
[Chorus]
F# A
'Cause your one trick pony's won out
E
I can't take you, I can't take you
F# A
When there ain't shit to do in your town
E F# A
I can't take you, I can't take you anyhow
Am
Anyhow
[Guitar solo]
E E E E
E A E A
E A E A
[Chorus]
A F# A
'Cause your one trick pony's won out
E
I can't take you, I can't take you
F# A
When there ain't shit to do in your town
E F# A
I can't take you, I can't take you anyhow
E
Anyhow
E F# A
Anyhow, any
A E
I can't take you now
7. Slick & Delta Queen
[Intro]
E A E A
[Verse 1]
E
She'll be in Denver by the break of dawn
A
Her calloused heart, her regal charm
E
Will grace the city in his open arms
A
And his bed come tonight.
E
But me I'm stranded down on Silver Street
A
Just throwing bottles at the Delta Queen.
E A
She passes slow like your memory, makes the bend
Am
And floats out of sight.
[Interlude]
E C#m A
E C#m A
[Verse 2]
E
Austin, Texas: mattress on the floor.
A
We'd buy some grass from the kid next door.
E
We'd bitch of love as if it was a chore
A
But we made it to ease both our minds.
E
First time I lost you was a mean curveball
A
Thrown in Las vegas down a hotel hall.
E
Why we stuck it out, man, I can't recall,
A Am
Seems my honesty's always on trial.
[Chorus]
E C#m A E C#m A
And I never once called you baby
A E C#m A
I never once called you anything.
A E C#m A
I never once called you baby
A E A E A
I always thought you were more to me.
[Verse 3]
E
And I saw him coming with his suit and tie.
A
His hair slicked back looked a lot like mine.
E
But that was years ago and over time
A
Lost my scissors, my comb, and my style.
E
And how he watched us at the table there
A
As we caught up on our when-and-wheres.
E
Our escapades, our life-ain't-fairs,
A Am
And how you'll be leaving with him tonight.
[Chorus]
E C#m A E C#m A
And I bet he calls you baby
A E C#m A
I never once called you anything.
A E C#m A
Oh I bet he calls you baby
A E A E A
I always thought you were more to me.
[Verse 4]
E
So if I'm breathing on some solid ground
A
And what went up the river comes back down
E
Maybe we'll meet again next time around
A
And talk of those vagabond times.
E
Keep all your stubbornness and pretty smile,
A
Keep all your dreams about that unborn child,
E
Keep both your feet out of the wedding aisle,
A Am E
And I'll keep you in the back of my mind.
8. Fake Magic Angel
[Intro]
E
E G# A C B
[Verse 1]
E A Am E A Am E
Well if you find your way out wandering, walking in a dead man's shadow
E A Am A Am E
If you hit that quicksand running, count me out kid, I can't follow.
E A Am E A Am E
'Cause I put to rest your revelations, I cut the rope, the tie that bound you.
E A Am A Am E
Still you ate that incarnation, just like the day that I found you.
[Chorus]
F# A E F# A E
Oh, you still wear that smile, your crazy whispering denial, sweet nothings.
F# A E D A Am
I can't be the only boy who can see, who believes
A E E7
You're a fake, you're a fake magic angel.
A E E7
You're a fake, you're a fake magic queen.
G# A
Yeah, you suck life out of all that's around you
C B A E
But you won't be sucking nothing out of me.
[Verse 2]
E A Am E A Am E
So move along I'm sick of sad songs, feels just like some ear full of dead air
E A Am A Am E
You seen the part where I said so long, well this is the part where I don't care.
E A Am E A Am E
To aid you in your black hole conquest, to hear you balled each boy in each barroom.
E A Am A Am E
Still you flaunt yourself in that same dress and talk how your magazines taught you.
[Chorus]
F# A E F# A E
But you still wear that pout, your crazy words that in your mouth, just nothing
F# A E D A Am
I can't be the only boy who can see, who believes
A E E7
You're a fake, you're a fake magic angel.
A E E7
Just a gear in this fake magic scene.
G# A
Yeah, you twist and you turn with the times, babe
C B A
You're a fake in a fake magic machine.
[Bridge]
C# A
So pinch me every time I dream
E A
This waking life gets weird enough to not wanna sleep
E A
Seems every time I see you I've got secrets to keep
F#
And it hurts to know, yeah it hurts me so
[Outro]
F# A E F# A E
That you still wear that grin, you're crazy, pissing in the wind, sweet Jesus
F# A E D A Am E
I can't be the only boy who can see, who believes
9. Bridge City Rose
Capo 2
[Intro]
G C Em C
G C Bm Am G
[Verse 1]
G C Em C
You didn't know, you couldn't stand to watch it all slip through your hands
G C Bm Am G
The wayward angel, your promised land, they've burnt to the ground
G C Em C
Stone-drunk on halloween, the shift is like some trick to me
G C Bm Am G
When a call comes from your balcony but no one's around
Bm C Bm C G
So pick your fight, break down the door, endless nights waging war against yourself
C Bm Am G
on the bathroom floor, spilling it out.
[Interlude]
G C Em C
G C Bm Am G
[Verse 2]
G C Em
Now I'm on the bed, her hair's undone, my face is wet,
C G C Bm Am G
Her face is worn from empty years and bitter scorn and a Victorian love.
G C Em C
I don't wanna cause you grief and I don't wanna take the lead.
G C C Bm Am G
Hey little girl, all I wanna see is you getting off.
Bm C Bm C
Clenching thirst and heavy breath, naked as the night we met,
G C C Bm Am G G7
You left it up to me I guess but I'm slow on the draw.
[Chorus]
C G
So while the poor boys sit lonesome at the last call
C D
and the shy ones stare down at their toes,
G C G C
I'll make way for that woman and the mean kingdom coming,
D C Em C
I get tired walking these streets alone.
D C Em C D C G
And I call her my Bridge City Rose, yeah, I'll call her my Bridge City Rose.
[Interlude]
G C Em C
G C Bm Am G
[Verse 3]
G C Em C
The garden on her windowsill, her crystal moons and family stills,
G C G
Jawbone treasures, beatnik thrills and blood-red mulled wine.
G C Em C
The sweetgum hanging overhead, with books I bought but never read.
G C Bm Am G
Can I lay low here, can I stop instead and stay for a while?
Bm C Bm C
'Cause I cant remember the last time I wasn't drawn in neon lights.
G C C Bm Am G G7
Say come drink up the water's fine and the whiskey's half off.
[Chorus]
C G
But before you find yourself torn between lovers
C D
or you're stuck wearing yesterday's clothes.
G C G C
Best make way for that lady and her sweet spirit breaking
D C Em C
Fine glass against any old stone.
D C Em C D C G
Yeah I called her my Bridge City Rose, yeah, I called her my Bridge City Rose.
[Outro]
G C Em C
G C Bm Am G
10. Gold Calf Moan
[Verse 1]
F C Bb C (Bass run) F
Well boy you've got it wrong, golden calf or not, I bet you're still talking about me ugly.
F C Bb C (Bass run) Bb
I never wanted her to give me all she's got and I never wanted her to love me.
Bb Bbm F G Bb
But just like you I was drawn to her eyes, just like you she went and left me.
Bb Bbm F G Bbm
Ah, just like you I can't forget the night, watching that pretty thing undressing, ah.
A Dm Bb F
And you said she could run around with anyone but me.
A Dm Bb C
I couldn't play by your rules boy and neither could she.
F A Dm C Bb
So I laid her down in a gossamer gown on the same bed that you did.
[Chorus]
F A
And the shadows played on the wall. And she told me her closet talk.
Dm C Bb
It's funny you'd think I care at all what you see in me
F A
You're crazy calling that girl a whore, cried like a baby behind her door,
Dm C Bb
Your temper tantrums settle your scores, shit-talk everything that breathes
F C Bb C (bass run) F
And call me whatever you need.
[Verse 2]
F C Bb C (Bass run) F
Well boy you've got it wrong, golden calf or not, I bet you're too dumb to know the difference.
F C Bb C (Bass run) Bb
You're talking like a saint, said throw it in the fire even though you're the one who built him.
Bb Bbm F G Bb
Gathered the jewelry, melted it down, made for yourself to go idolize.
Bb Bbm F G Bbm
But that wasn't me, I already jumped town, catching up to your runaway bride.
A Dm Bb F
And you said she could mop the floor with any modern man.
A Dm Bb C
I wish I played by your rules boy 'cause now I know she can.
F A Dm C Bb
She took my heart in the parking lot from the moment we first kissed.
[Chorus]
F A
Now I'm stuck in some foreign land between my girl and a waste of time
Dm C Bb
Aside from loving all through the night, I'm not so different than you.
F A
High as a kite on the church pew there, so infantile in your wild despairs.
Dm C Bb
I get it boy, you're the perfect pair. That kind of love it takes two.
Bb
So call me whatever you do.
[Interlude]
Bb Bbm F G
Bb Bbm F G
Bbm
[Outro]
C Bb F Bb
But when the party's over honey and your key to the kingdom don't fit the new lock
C Bb F Bb
And everybody's shoving camels through the eye of a needle and you're punching the clock
C Bb F Bb
Yeah when your new squeeze talks both your ears off, baby, you've got that open-road feeling
C Bb Bbm F
You send your regards when your heart is ripe for the stealing
C Bb A G
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