These are Volunteer chords by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.
[Intro]
F Dm
F Dm
[Verse]
F
Daddy worked hard,
momma worked harder
Dm
Propped up on pain
pills and pride
F
They were just kids when
I came in this world
Dm
And I was a kid
when they died
F
They'd fight about money
They'd fight about
fighting
Dm
They'd fight about
nothin' at all
F
The car was still running
when the deputy found 'em
Dm
At the Shell by
C
the Gunbarrel Mall
[Chorus]
C Gm
Take me away from heeere
Dm
No, I never belo-onged
C
to this plaaace
Gm
Wish I could disappeeear
off the edge of
Dm C
the ear-earth
C Gm
Take me away from heeere
Dm
No, I don't wanna fiiight
C
for the rest of myyyy life
I ain't your
Gm Dm
volunteeeeer
[Verse]
F
I cried when
I missed 'em
Got lost in the system
Dm
Foster homes
passed me around
F
The last one was nice
But I ran away twice
Dm
And they gave up on
tracking me down
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F
I met a girl, said
she's from Chattanooga
Dm
But I think she
grew up out West
F
Can't say I love her,
but she's someone to talk to
Dm
And I like the tattoo
on her chest
[Verse]
F
I found us a spot in
the KOA campground
Dm
She says she sleeps
good in the Scout
F
But I got in a fight
with the neighbor last night
Dm
And they'll probably
be kicking us out
F
Some nights I dream
that I'm in Colorado
Dm
Working a cannabis farm
F
Some nights I dream that
the ghost of my momma
Dm
Is holding me tight
C
in her arms
[Chorus]
C Gm7
Take me away from heeere
Dm
No, I never belo-onged
C
to this plaaace
Gm
Wish I could disappeeear
off the edge of the
Dm C
ear-earth somedaaay
C Gm
Take me away from heeere
Dm
No, I don't wanna fiiight
C
for the rest of myyyy life
I ain't your
Gm Dm
volunteeeeeeeeeer
[Instrument]
Am Bb F F
Am Bb F
C C C
[Chorus]
C Gm7
Take me away from heeere
Dm
Now she's licking the blaaade
C
of a ten dollar knife
Gm
Wish I could disappeeear
off the edge of
Dm C
the ear-earth
C Gm
Take me away from heeere
Dm
I'm nobody's man and
C
she's nobody's wife
[Outro]
C
I ain't your
Gm Dm C
volunteeeeeeeeeer
C
I ain't your
Gm Dm C
volunteeeeeeeeeer
C
I ain't your
Gm Dm
volunteeeeeeeeeer
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