Angels

C G Am Fmaj7 Dm G Fmaj7 C G C C G I was born on the wide prairie Am Fmaj7 with it's wheat so wild and strong. C G I left my home when I turned twenty-one Am Fmaj7 Still dunno if I was wrong. C G 'Cuz I know a girl down in southern Illinois Am Fmaj7 Who has me tangled up like kudzu vines C G One good look at her shinin' smile, Am Fmaj7 You can tell she'll never be mine. Dm G C Fmaj7 C And to tell you the truth, I miss all the laughs C G G7 Of lovin' one another like sociopaths C G Am Fmaj7 So I'm waitin', I'm waitin', I'm waitin', I'm waitin', C G C For angels to carry me back home. C G Am Fmaj7 So I'm waitin', I'm waitin', I'm waitin', I'm waitin', C G C For angels to carry me back home. C E7 If I was a bird, I'd tear up my throat Am Fmaj7 Throwin' songs across telephone wires. C G If I was a dog I'd rattle my chain, Am Fmaj7 Let my handlers decide how I live, how I die. Am Fmaj7 I'd howl at the wind, and bite my own tail. Am Fmaj7 and piss on the grass, so they'd know who I was. C G Ask me why I leave a dying trace, Am Fmaj7 It's either for fear or maybe because, Dm G C Fmaj7 C Well to tell you the truth, I can't go free: C G G7 I need the master's leash more than it needs me. C G Am Fmaj7 So I'm waitin', I'm waitin', I'm waitin', I'm waitin', C G C For angels to carry me back home. C G Am Fmaj7 So I'm waitin', I'm waitin', I'm waitin', I'm waitin', C G C For angels to carry me back home. C G And I think I've arrived maybe once in every year Am Fmaj7 When I'm drinking with new friends before we leave. C G I think that I love you, I know that we're all dyin... Am Fmaj7 Why the f**k should that be what we alternatingly believe? C G What makes one feel holy makes another feel broke, Am Fmaj7 Like I'm mostly my hat, like I'm mostly my coat, C G Am Fmaj7 And that lovers will lie is one thing you can trust, C G Am Fmaj7 So what we ain't said might still save us. C G Am Fmaj7 I'll be ashes if you be dust. Dm G C Fmaj7 C And to tell you the truth, I think god's there still, C G G7 In a sweet lovin' westland over the hill. C G Am Fmaj7 So I'm waitin', I'm waitin', I'm waitin', I'm waitin', C G C For angels to carry me back home. C G Am Fmaj7 So I'm waitin', I'm waitin', I'm waitin', I'm waitin', C G C For angels to carry me back home. C G Am Fmaj7 So I'm waitin', I'm waitin', I'm waitin', I'm waitin', C G C For angels to carry me back home.