[Main riff]
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[Verse 1]
D G
To which shepherd’s field
D
Did which angels descend?
G
And what’s this about eternal non-existence at the end?
D G
A stranger’s face appeared—
D
They say he lost his mind
G
(Or too much found his mind?)
D
I hear it all the time
[Guitar 2]
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[Verse 2]
G
Vibrations rose in waves
D
From a sea of discontent
G
Dad used to talk about for days
D
I finally tasted what he meant
G
Your carcass on the ground
D
Brought vultures to their eyes
G
My frontal lobe is shutting down
D
I bet you hear it all the time
[Verse 3]
D G D
To which shepherd’s field did which angels descend?
G D
Or is blessedness revealed to those of us who best pretend?
G D
Some counterfeit ideas form ideas all their own
G D
I watched them spread for years to my unsuspecting bones
G D
And the nights my heart was tired you sang your saccharine song
G D
But when your mouth was quiet was the sweetest sound of all
G D
"Soon our ransomed souls will leave this age behind
G D
For streets of solid gold", I hear it all the time
[Bridge]
D G
On a West Virginia road
D G
On a West Virginia road
D G
On a West Virginia road
C G D
I did just as I was told
[I did just as I was told...]
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[brief solo at the end]
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| / Slide up
| Slide down
| b Bend
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