Straight Line(Chords)

	        
Intro: Bm D Em G 

Verse 
Bm                                  D 
Smooth stones have fallen once more out of the sky now like rain 
Em                             G 
I'm outside on the front lawn, getting beaten black and blue again 
G                                           D 
Lookin' back now I always preferred, child, my enemies to my friends 
E                                              G 
It always just seemed logical, like something constant, upon which you can depend 
Bm                                           D 
If my father was an earthquake, now, then my mother was a hurricane 
E                          G 
Me I've got my hands full, walkin' in a straight line, remembering my own name 

Bm                                     G 
     I was born in the trees around my home 

Bled fire out into the arms of the sky 
Bm                Bb                    Gm 
The world snapped beneath your feet and every thing that was alive had died 
E                                                     G 
I was born to a cold wind, take the words out of your mouth, the color out of your eyes 
       Em 
I just keep what I can carry now, and leave the rest behind
 

Bm  D   E   G 

Verse 
Bm                                      D            
I heard stories of those city lights as I head out among the trees 
E                                       G 
Bows bendin' like a spider web, letting no light in for the eye to see 
Bm                       D 
Fireflies, summer skies, downward pressure of the heat 
E                                          G 
I sneak down that gravel at night til your black eye is hotter than the Tennessee concrete 

Bm                     Bb              G 
     I was born in the trees around my home 

Bled fire out into the arms of the sky 
Bm                Bb                         G 
The world snapped beneath your feet and everything that was alive had died 
      Em                                              G 
I was born to a cold wind, take the words out of your mouth, the color out of your eyes 
Em                               G 
I just keep what I can carry now and leave the rest behind 


Bm   D   E   G 
Bm   D   E   G 

Verse 
Bm                                D 
Clear to go there's a heavy load, watch the human car castle fall apart 
Em                                                      G 
I'll tell you right now it's more about the stomach out here than it is about the heart 
Bm                                D 
See a man now playing in a dark cafe with everybody's back turned 
E                                                 G 
Sometimes we've just gotta put our hands into the fire, to make sure that it still burns 
Bm                              D 
Red light at them downtown bars pours out and puddles in the streets 
E                                        G 
I know that some of you out there are starving, but it ain't for lack of something to eat 

Bm                Bb 
I was born in the trees around my home 
G 
Bled fire out into the eyes of the sky 
Bm                 Bb                         G 
The world snapped, beneath your feet and everything that was alive had died 
      E                                               G 
I was born to a cold wind, take the words out of your mouth, the color out of your eyes 
Em                           G                              
Just keep what you can carry now, and leave the rest behind 


Bm   D    E    G 
Bm   D    Em   G  

Bm
	        

Written by Pete Bernhard