Never Was the Bird - Wrinkle Neck Mules
Track 9 - I Never Thought It Would Go This Far (2015)
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Standard Tuning
[INTRO]
D Em G
D Em G
[VERSE]
D
Headed north out of North Alabama with the
Em G
sun cutting through the clouds
D
And the bruise still feels a little tender from the
Em G
blows that took us down
A
Lights went down and the cameras stopped rolling just as
Em G
soon as we tuned them up
A
Just another kind of common situation that
Em G
follows us in our truck
G D A G
Sometimes it makes you feel like the dawn won’t ever come
[CHORUS]
D Em G
In the hand never was the bird
D Em G Bm
And the bushes were burned down to the black wood
A D G Bm
I never, oh I never
A G
thought it would go this far
D Em G
D Em G
[VERSE]
D
All the sure things and the cigarette deals are
Em G
ashes in the tray
D
Take them out spread them on the ground to
Em G
guide us on our way
A
When you’re looking at the bottom of the barrel better
Em G
soak up the lingering buzz
A
Scrape up the change for the next
Em G
22 to keep you going strong
D A G
That eastern horizon is lighting up
[CHORUS]
D Em G
In the hand never was the bird
D Em G Bm
And the bushes were burned down to the black wood
A D G Bm
I never, oh I never
A G
thought it would go this far
[SOLO]
D C G x4
A
[BRIDGE]
C
Hold up now I see the
D
rising of the fog
C D
Amber beams are ringing true
C
But on the breeze I hear the
D A G
song of the Bush Stone-curlew
[CHORUS]
D Em G
In the hand never was the bird
D Em G Bm
And the bushes were burned down to the black wood
A D G Bm
I never, oh I never
A Em G Bm
thought it would go this far
A D G Bm
I never, oh I never
A G
thought it would go this far
D