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Josh Ritter, Lawrence, KS Tabs
Artist/Band: Ritter Josh Tabs
Song: Lawrence, KS Tab
Lawrence, KS
By Josh Ritter
chords figured out by Matt Rowley
Capo 3rd fret
intro G
G
Dirt roads and dryland farming might be the death of me
C G
but I can't leave this world behind
G
My debts are not like prisons where there's hope of getting free
C G
and I can't leave this world behind
D C
Now I've been from here to Lawrence Kansas
D C
trying to leave my state of mind
D C
trying to leave this awful sadness
G
but I can't leave this world behind.
G
South of Delia there's a patch out back the willow trees
C G
but I can't leave this world behind
G
It's a fenced-in piece of nothing where I hear voices on my knees
C G
and I can't leave this world behind
D C
Some prophecies are self-fulfilling
D C
I've had to work for all of mine
D C
better times will come to me, God-willing
G
Cause I can't leave this world behind.
[Accordian/guitar duet solor... fade]
G
Well this world must be frightening everybody's on the run
C G
and I can't leave this world behind
G
My house is a wooden one and it's built on a wooden one
C G
seems I can't leave this world behind
D C
Preacher says that when the master calls us
D C
He's gonna give us wings to fly
D C
But my wings are made of hay and corn husks
G
So I can't leave this world behind.
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