The Old Plantation

E
The old plantation has been abandoned
            A                   E
The love is gone, yeah, the love is gone
  E
New hieroglyphics braid the columns
           A                     E
Kids on the “M” train baptize the lawns

E
Your floating jukebox stuck on "I'll Get You"
        A                        E
So lost at sea, yeah, so lost at sea
  E
You took the rations, you man the spyglass
            A                 E
So far from Memphis,  rivers from me

   A                 E         C#m    G#m   F#m        E
But did you ever really try to peel away the sky?     Neither did I

E
The master bedroom, its shutters hanging
            A              E
It's no museum, it's no museum
E
The fields are barren but for a bonfire
       A                  E
A pile of empties in the mausoleum

A                 E         C#m    G#m   F#m         E
But did you ever really try to peel away the sky?      Neither did I

E
God bless the shelter, so bruised and battered
             A                   E
God bless the day, God bless the days
 E
The old plantation is like a sore now
             A                  E
A home for maggots, but don't turn away

A                 E         C#m    G#m   F#m
Don't turn away until you try  To peel away the sky (x2)