Bad Books – Texas chords

Tuning (this tab): Drop D

	For the chords, I like to use the open chord and strum the A,D, and G 
strings. Occasionally, Andy will strum the lower bass notes or hit the higher 
strings, but for the most part, he plays the chords on the "middle" strings.

Drop D:

Intro:e|------------------------------------------5-5-5--------------------------|B|-----------------------7------------------8-7-5--------------------------|G|-------------4-------7---7-----2-------(7)7-7-7--------------------------|D|----5h7-5--------5h7------5------4-2-----------------------------7-5-----|A|----------------------------0------------------------------------7-5-----|D|-0--------5---0-----------------------0---------5-(5)-(5)-0-0-7--7-5-0---|

D           GMy love has gone away
D                           APacked up her bags and then boarded that plane
D                           GAnd I guess that the time I figured you’d wait
      A           G                DTeary face, leaky breath, a bitter taste

D               GTripped out for 600 years
D                          AWho would have thought I’d make it last year?
D                              GIn a way it makes sense that I died and reappeared
        A               G            DAs that fly you’ve been swatting for years

e|------5-5-5-5--|B|------8-7-5-5--|G|---(7)7-7-7-7--|D|---------------|A|---------------|D|-0-------------|

D             GCalm down and make him a drink
D                         APretty small town and the gossip repeats
    G                        A                       DShe took off her clothes and sat on the bed next to me

D           GMy heart is pumping my blood, 
D               Ayour hearts not beating at all
     G                          A                     DIn a way it makes sense that it isn’t, it just never was

D            GRight now, a sinful exchange
D             AOnce done, unspeakable shame
    D                       GAnd I should’ve known where I took the blame
    A             G                DThe sweat and the shame fireless flame

A                GPlease god don’t take him too
D          ATake me, a replicant fool
       G            A         DLost a gear and now I hardly move
       A           DHe’s a kid, I’m a fool

D           GPlease son, where is your faith?
D                         ATake off your bushels set fire to your pain
         G                       A                        D        You will heal like a cut, let it scar let it scab, let it stain
 
     G       A               DIn a while I promise you’ll see
       G                         A                           D      AYou’re alive, not the blemish or burns that you keep on your feet

D                    GI am a towel that is soaked to the core, 
D                     A      heavier now than it’s gotten before
    D                      GAnd something inside of me needs more and more, 
          A        G        Dsooner than later never no more

          A        G        DSooner than later, never no more