Jd Crowe And The New South – Rock Salt And Nails chords

Rock Salt And Nails
Recorded by J.D. Crowe
www.jdcrowe.net
Written by Bruce Phillips

G                          C                      GOn the banks of the river  where the willows hang down
                       Em     C                   GAnd the wild birds all warble with a low mourning sound
            Em      C                    GDown in the hollow  where the water runs cold
                     C                              GIt was there I first listened  to the lies that you told

                     C                    GNow I lie on my bed  and I see your sweet face
           Em       C           GThe past I remember time cannot erase
             Em        C                 GA letter you wrote me  it was written in shame
                     C                          GAnd I know that your conscience still echoes my name

                            C                GNow the nights are so long  Lord sorrow runs deep
               Em           C             GAnd nothing is worse than a night without sleep
           Em     C               GI walk out alone  and look at the sky 
             C                    GToo empty to say  too lonesome to cry

                               C                   GIf the ladies were blackbirds  and the ladies were fishes
                  Em     C                  GI'd lie there for hours  in the chilly cold marshes
                   Em         C                 GIf the ladies were squirrels  with a high bushy tail
               C                             GI'd fill up my shotgun  with a rock salt and nails