These are Mean Old Sun chords by Turnpike Troubadours on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.
[Intro]
C Dm C Dm
[Verse]
Dm Dm
Empty promises I’ve given
C Dm
Hollow heart beats in my chest
G
And every word of
Dm
sterling silver
C G
Stirred butterfliiiies
Dm
beneath your breast
[Verse]
Dm
Still untouched
by ties a-binding
C
Goin’ where the Gulf
Dm
breeze blows
G
No ring of gold around
Dm
your finger
C G
No ring of brass run
Dm
through my nose
[Chorus]
C Dm
Headlong for the wall now honey
C Dm
Still coming up like a rose
F
Dead still in the garden
C Dm
Waiting for the reveille
C Dm
The dawn is yet to dry
C
the dew from off my
Dm
Sunday clothes
F
That mean old sun better rise
C
up soon if its ever
G Dm
gonna set on me
[Verse]
Dm
Hear the song she
sang in darkness
C
Tearful, fair, and
Dm
free and fine
G
You’re the one she
Dm
softly whispers
C G Dm
My canaaaary in the mine
[Chorus]
C Dm
Headlong for the wall now honey
C Dm
Still coming up like a rose
F
Dead still in the garden
C Dm
Waiting for the reveille
C Dm
The dawn is yet to dry
C
the dew from off my
Dm
Sunday clothes
F
That mean old sun better rise
C
up soon if its ever
G Dm
gonna set on me
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[Instrument]
C Dm C Dm
Dm F C Dm
C Dm C Dm
Dm F C G
Dm C C Dm
[Verse]
Dm
I met a man,
Dm
pale gray with wisdom
C
Told me faith will
Dm
come collect
G
Hard tempered steel
Dm
bites at my ankles
C G
Soft cotton rove burns
Dm
at my neck
[Chorus]
C Dm
Headlong for the wall now honey
C Dm
Still coming up like a rose
F
Dead still in the garden
C Dm
Waiting for the reveille
C Dm
The dawn is yet to dry
C
the dew from off my
Dm
Sunday clothes
F
That mean old sun better rise
C
up soon if its ever
G Dm
gonna set on me
[Outro]
F
That mean old sun better rise
C
up soon if its ever
G Dm
gonna set on me