Heirloom

	  		
Verse 

    C            G             C 
She buried me in powder in the rain 
    C            F                C 
She buried me in sapphire, wicked pain 
          C          G         Em           F 
after she carried me away to a place I had ashamed 
          C                               G 
after she put out my lit cigarette on her boot 

  C             G            C 
A woman makes a boy out of a man 
        C                    F                 C 
When he thought he knew just how he’d play his hand 
              C             G              Em              F 
Who’s barking orders at the rook, make him pay for time he took 
          C                                        G 
after she back stacked every king that’s what she do 


    C        Em 
And you, heirloom, 
         F            C 
had your room painted blue 
        F                 C                    G 
and you showed me how the crow flies from your heart 
    C       Em 
And I don’t mind 
        F         C 
I’ll do what I’ll do 
      F                C              G 
But I won’t cry when I leave this town 



Verse 

    C            G                  C 
She buried me in progress on the range 
    C                   F               C 
She bulls-eyed from the hip as if she’d aimed 
          C           G                 Em                 F 
After she heard of my complaint about a place where I felt safe 
           C                                G 
And how it changes, with the energy I knew 

     C                G            C 
This world has made a boy out of a man 
     C                  F            C 
Oh I thought I knew but I don’t understand 
               C                G               Em          F 
Who breaks the ranks to which I took, makes the rules I overlook? 
            C                                     G 
Just when I thought I knew a thought of something true 


    C        Em 
And you, heirloom, 
         F            C 
had your room painted blue 
        F                 C                    G 
and you showed me how the crow flies from your heart 
    C       Em 
And I don’t mind 
        F         C 
I’ll do what I’ll do 
      F                C              G 
But I won’t cry when I leave this town