Artist: Blind Pilot
Song: Rocksalt and Nails
Tabbed by: Calvin Jordan
C F Dm C
On the banks of the river where the willows hang down
C Am F C
And the wild birds all warble with a low moaning sound
C Am F C
Down in the hollow where the waters run cold
C F Dm C
It was there I first listened to the lies that you told
C F Dm C
Now I lie on my bed and I see your sweet face
C Am F C
The past I remember time cannot erase
C Am F C
The letter you wrote me it was written in shame
C F Dm C
And I know that your conscience still echo's my name
C F Dm C
Now the nights are so long, Lord sorrow runs deep
C Am F C
And nothing is worse than a night without sleep
C Am F C
I'll walk out alone and look at the sky
C F Dm C
Too empty to sing, too lonesome to cry
C F Dm C
If the ladies were blackbirds and the ladies were thrushes
C Am F C
I'd lie there for hours in the chilly cold marshes
C Am F C
If the ladies were squirrel's with high bushy tails
C F Dm C
I'd fill up my shotgun with rock salt and nails
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# This represents the author's own work and interpretation of the #
# song. To be used only for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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