Cocaine and Ashes
Words and Music by Son Volt "American Central Dust"
[INTRO]
G C G Em D D7 G
[VERSE]
D C Em
I’ve had strychnine, I thought I was dead
D C Em
I snorted my father and I’m still alive
D C Em
I did because that’s how it is done
D C C2
I’m the same as everyone, just kinda lucky
[CHORUS]
G C G
Body and soul, Cocaine and Ashes
Em D
Get to that place in time
D7 G
Tears and blow in my mind
[INSTRUMENTAL]
G C G Em D D7 G
[VERSE]
D C Em
It’s no way of life but I’ve tried everything once
D C Em
I have no pretensions of immortality
D C Em
I’ve been told I had six months to live
D C C2
But I’ve outlasted them all
[CHORUS]
G C G
Body and soul, Cocaine and Ashes
Em D
Get to that place in time
D7 G
Tears and blow in my mind
[INSTRUMENTAL]
G C G Em D D7 G
[VERSE]
D C Em
Senses and Spirit, mourning and misery
D C Em
Addiction is somethin I should know somethin about
D C Em
Whatever gets done I know that I’ll be blamed
D C C2
They say the king is the man who can
[CHORUS]
G C G
Body and soul, Cocaine and Ashes
Em D
Get to that place in time
D7 G
Tears and blow in my mind
G C G
Body and soul, Cocaine and Ashes
Em D
Get to that place in time
D7 G
Tears and blow in my mind
G C G
Body and soul, Cocaine and Ashes
Em D
Get to that place in time
D7 G
Tears and blow in my mind
[OUTRO]
G C G Em D D7 G