Rock Salt and Nails – Tyler Childers

Rock Salt And Nails Chords

Rock Salt and Nails By Tyler Childers

Verse 1

………………………………….G
By the banks of the river,
…………………………………G
Where the willows hang down
……..D/F#                Em
The wild birds they warble,
C                                   G
… With a low moaning sound
………D/F#            Em
Way down in the holler,
C                                  G
… Where the river runs cold,
…………………………….F
It was there I first listened
C                              G
… To the lies that you told.

Verse 2

………………………….G
Now I lie on my back,
…………………………………G
And I see your sweet face.
…….D/F#      Em
The past I remembered,
C                    G
…. Time can’t erase.
…………….D/F#         Em
And the letters you wrote me,
C                                   G
… They were written in shame
…………………………………..F
And I know that your conscience
C                        G
… Still echoes my name.

Music:

Verse 2

…………………………………….G
Now if the ladies were Blackbirds,
…………………………..G
If the ladies were Thrushes
……………D/F#           Em
Well I’d lie there for hours,
C                           G
…. In the chilly cold marshes
……………….D/F#             Em
And if the women were squirrels,
C                                       G
… With them high, bushy tails
……………………………….F
Well I’d load up my shotgun
C                               G
… With rock salt and nails.
……………………….F             C    G
I’d load up my shotgun

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