Heirloom

    C            G             C
She buried me in powder in the rain
    C            F                C
She buried me in sapphire, wicked pain
          C          G         Em           F
after she carried me away to a place I had ashamed
          C                               G
after she put out my lit cigarette on her boot

  C             G            C
A woman makes a boy out of a man
        C                    F                 C
When he thought he knew just how he’d play his hand
              C             G              Em              F
Who’s barking orders at the rook, make him pay for time he took
          C                                        G
after she back stacked every king that’s what she do


[Chorus]

    C        Em
And you, heirloom,
         F            C
had your room painted blue
        F                 C                    G
and you showed me how the crow flies from your heart
    C       Em
And I don’t mind
        F         C
I’ll do what I’ll do
      F                C              G
But I won’t cry when I leave this town


[Verse]

    C            G                  C
She buried me in progress on the range
    C                   F               C
She bulls-eyed from the hip as if she’d aimed
          C           G                 Em                 F
After she heard of my complaint about a place where I felt safe
           C                                G
And how it changes, with the energy I knew

     C                G            C
This world has made a boy out of a man
     C                  F            C
Oh I thought I knew but I don’t understand
               C                G               Em          F
Who breaks the ranks to which I took, makes the rules I overlook?
            C                                     G
Just when I thought I knew a thought of something true


[Chorus]

    C        Em
And you, heirloom,
         F            C
had your room painted blue
        F                 C                    G
and you showed me how the crow flies from your heart
    C       Em
And I don’t mind
        F         C
I’ll do what I’ll do
      F                C              G
But I won’t cry when I leave this town