C
Gm C
I spent a year out in the desert I spent a year out in the sea
Eb C
I spend my nights under the stars just dreaming of sleep
Gm F
I still question where I’ve been I don’t know where I will go
Eb C Gm F Eb
I just look up to skies like there’s a sign I didn’t see I didn’t know
C Gm F Eb
Like there’s a sign I didn’t know
C
Lord can you bring me back home
Gm F
I know I’ve lived a wicked life I will never change my ways
Eb C
An unapologetic runaway until it’s my last day
Gm
Why is it so easy to light a match and watch
Eb
We were made of dried up timber
C
We were made to turn to dust
Gm F C Eb
Ooooo Take me on down
Gm F C Eb Gm
Ooooo At the gallows it was mercy I had found
F
So I went back to my home and I burned it to the ground
Eb C
An angel sat beside of me we both watched it all fall down
Gm
“I’m a loner of a lover I’m a lover of my ways
Eb C
So if you’re here to take me back there ain’t nothing left to save ”
Gm F C Eb
Ooooo Burned it all down
Gm F C Eb
Ooooo At the gallows it was mercy I had found
Gm F C Eb
Ooooo Take me on down
Gm F C Eb Gm
Ooooo At the gallows it was mercy I had found
F
I made it to the edge there was nothing left to see
Eb Cm
I lit one last cigarette the angel sat beside of me
Gm
I said “I know you’ve got your job ”
F Eb
He said “The grace that I have brung is that your death is gonna save you
C Cm
from the things you’re running from ”
Gm F C Eb
Ooooo Take me on down
Gm F C Eb
Ooooo At the gallows it was mercy I had found
Gm F C Eb
Ooooo Take me on down
Gm F C Eb Gm
Ooooo At the gallows it was mercy I had found
F C Eb Gm
It’s at the gallows it was mercy I had found
F C Eb F Gm
It’s at the gallows it was mercy I had found