Jason Isbell

Speed Trap Town(Chords)

Jason Isbell

Key: D

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Capo on 2nd fret
	        Drop D tuning (DADGBe)
 

verse 1 
               D                          G         D 
She said 'it's none of my business but it breaks my heart' 
          D/B                     G        D 
Dropped a dozen cheap roses in my shopping cart 
        D                        G        D 
Made it out to the truck without breaking down 
D/B                         G      D 
Everybody knows you're in a speed trap town 
       D                           G           D 
It's a Thursday night but there's a high school game 
       D/B                             G     D 
Sneak a bottle up the bleachers and forget my name 
      D                   G      D 
These 5'8' bastards run a shallow cross 
      D/B                     G          D 
It's a boy's last dream and a man's first loss 


Em G D D/A And it never did occur to me to leave, 'til tonight Em G D There's no one left to ask if I'm all right Em G D D/A Sleep until I'm straight enough to drive, then decide Em G D If there's anything that can't be left behind
verse 2 D G D The doctor said daddy wouldn't make it a year D/B G D But the holidays are over and he's still here D G D How long can they keep you in the ICU D/B G D Veins through the skin like a faded tattoo D G D Was a tough state trooper from a decade back D/B G D Till that girl who wasn't mama caused his heart attack D G D He didn't care about us when he was walkin' around D/B G D Just pulling women over in a speed trap town
Em G D D/A But it never did occur to me to leave, 'til tonight Em G D When I realized he'll never be all right Em G D D/A Sign my name and say my last goodbye, then decide Em G D That there's nothing here that can't be left behind
verse 3 D G D Roads got blurry when the sun came up D/B G D Slept a couple hours in the pickup truck D G D Drank a cup of coffee by an Indian mound D/B G D Thousand miles away from that speed trap town D/B G D Thousand miles away from that speed trap town

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