Rock Salt and Nails Chords
Rock Salt and Nails By Tyler Childers
Verse 1
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By the banks of the river,
……………………………….G
Where the willows hang down
…….D/F# Em
The wild birds they warble,
C G
… With a low moaning sound
……..D/F# Em
Way down in the holler,
C G
… Where the river runs cold,
…………………………F
It was there I first listened
C G
… To the lies that you told.
Verse 2
………………………G
Now I lie on my back,
……………………………G
And I see your sweet face.
…….D/F# Em
The past I remembered,
C G
…. Time can’t erase.
…………..D/F# Em
And the letters you wrote me,
C G
… They were written in shame
……………………………..F
And I know that your conscience
C G
… Still echoes my name.
Music:
Verse 2
……………………………….G
Now if the ladies were Blackbirds,
……………………….G
If the ladies were Thrushes
………….D/F# Em
Well I’d lie there for hours,
C G
…. In the chilly cold marshes
……………..D/F# Em
And if the women were squirrels,
C G
… With them high, bushy tails
…………………………..F
Well I’d load up my shotgun
C G
… With rock salt and nails.
……………………F
I’d load up my shotgun
C G
