Gods Country

G D The road is longer than it is hard D Cmaj7 With no one to guide you Cmaj7 D And no one to hold G D No best foot forward to sway the odds D Cmaj7 Just a voice inside you Cmaj7 D And a stone to throw G Could you be someone else D If someone else is what I need Cmaj7 D But I shouldn't ask that of you G When you are old you will understand D But we are hurting now D Cmaj7 So what are we to do 'til then? Cmaj7 D Cradling pictures of you G It was a highway to nowhere, and we rode it D Cold car with no gas and we chose it Cmaj7 D Soft bodies playing in the street G D Our kids will grow up with half as much D Cmaj7 Trying to build something out of dust Cmaj7 D Finding out too late what they need G D You have tasted love and it tasted sweet D C You drank the blood and bit the meat Cmaj7 D You hold it, you hold it, you let it go G D You close your eyes and count to three D C You say the word and come to me Cmaj7 D And baby I know G D Cmaj7 D G D Cmaj7 D D G Drive the pathway through the pines D And the moors of mystery Cmaj7 Welcome conflict and let the crisis come D And shake the ground beneath G And the family secret hiding D In the farmhouse down the street Cmaj7 D Rushes open door on your front porch and shadow me G D Taken and entirely, I embrace the bonny beast Cmaj7 D Over hills and highlands we rode hard, the passing peaks G D Danger liked the virgin wife, beside me she would sleep Cmaj7 D Cherry was her dad's truck that she crashed at seventeen G D I kneel before what temper broke the branches on the beach C Cmaj7 D And those thrilling highs and southern nights are always out of reach D G I learned a lesson D I need to pray and hard Cmaj7 D Final hours take care of me, God (take care of me God) G D You have tasted love and it tasted sweet D C You drank the blood and bit the meat C Cmaj7 D You hold it, you hold it, you let it go G D You close your eyes and count to three D C You say the word and come to me C D And baby I know G D C D G D C D G The road is longer than it is hard D C With no one to guide you G No best foot forward to sway the odds G C Just a voice inside you G Don't sink in me with your dog teeth C Don't sink in me with your dog teeth G Don't sink in me with your dog teeth D Don't sink in me C D Don't sink in me with your dog teeth, teeth G D You've tasted love and it tasted sweet D C You drank the blood and bit the meat C D You hold it, you hold it, but you'll never know G You close your eyes and cry to me D Don't sink in me with your dog teeth C D We're better off if you let go G D C D G D C D G If it was harder then D It will be better now C For I am here and changed D I couldn't tell you how G D There before the grace of God go I C laughing to myself D Forgetting what about G D C