These are When We Were Close chords by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.
[Intro]
Em G D
Em G D D
[Verse 1]
Em G
I got a picture of us back
D
when we were close
Em
Before we had somebody
G D
picking out our clothes
Em G
But you always dressed
D
in your Sunday best
Em G
Even when we didn't have
D
nowhere to go
Em
I got a picture of
G D
us playing in a bar
Em G
And your shirt cost more
D
than your guitar
Em G
But you played so heavy and
D
you always let me sing
Em G
A couple even though
D
you were the star
[Chorus]
C G
I was the worse of
D
the two of us
C G
But Rex's Blues wasn't
D
through with us
C G
You were bound for glory
D Am
and grown to die
C Em G
Oh, but why wasn't I?
D Em G D
Why wasn't I?
[Verse 2]
Em
Saw a picture of you
G D
laughing with your child
Em
And I hope she will
G D
remember how you smiled
Em
But she probably
G
wasn't old enough,
D
the night somebody
sold you stuff
Em
That left you on the
G D
bathroom tiles
Em
Got a picture of you
G D
dying in my mind
Em
With some ghosts you
G D
couldn't bear to leave behind
Em
But I can hear your
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G
voice ring,
D
as you snap another B-string
Em
And you finish off
G D
the set with only five
Am
And for a minute there,
C
you're still alive
[Chorus]
C G
I was the worse of
D
the two of us
C G
But Rex's Blues wasn't
D
through with us
C G
You were bound for glory
D Am
and grown to die
C Em G
Oh, but why wasn't I?
D Em G D
Why wasn't I?
[Solo]
C C G D
C C G D
G D A Am
C
[Verse 3]
C G
It's not up to me to
D
forgive you
C
For the nights that your
G D
love had to live through
C G
Now you'll never need
D Am C
to look me in the eye
[Outro]
C G
I am the last of
D
the two of us
C G
But the Fort Worth blues
D
isn't through with us
C G
You've traveled beyond
D Am
the Great Divide
C Em G
Oh, but why haven't I?
D Em G D
Why haven't I?
Em G D
Em G D D
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