Mile Twelve – Jericho chords

[Verse 1]
      G*                    C/EThese days I sleep under an open sky
         G*            G/F#*       Em*'Cause I can't seem to sleep in my bed
     C/G                        GBack before we split up my wife told me
                   Dsus4"It's just in your head"

[Verse 2]
  G                            Cadd9A civilian's life used to make sense to me
       G              G/F#          EmThen I shipped out an served my two tours
    C/G                       GI retired last year, tried to come back
             Dsus4To life as before

[Chorus]
       C/G                       GBut at night I still fly back to Jericho
         C/G                          G  D/F#Where we brought their walls tumblin' down
C/G                        GBuried my friends who have fallen
               Dsus4And never been found
          C/G                           GAnd God's children I'll save from their enemies
       C/G                     G  D/F#With a horn that he gave me to blow
C/G                   GFinish my days in the only place
         Dsus4         GI really know, Jericho

[Verse 2]
          G                  Cadd9When it's sunny I sit in the public park
          G         G/F#        EmWhen it's raining I ride on the train
        C/G                      GAt this diner they serve me free coffee
                Dsus4They know me by name
        G                      Cadd9And the guys from my unit come talk to me
          G                 G/F#      EmAbout the jobs they've been trying to chase
      C/G                      GAnd I tell them how after it's dark
                 Dsus4I return to that place

[Chorus]
       C/G                     GHow at night I can fly back to Jericho
         C/G                          G  D/F#Where we brought their walls tumblin' down
C/G                      GBury my friends who have fallen
               Dsus4And never been found
          C/G                           GAnd God's children I'll save from their enemies
       C/G                     G   D/F#With a horn that he gave me to blow
C/G                     GFinished my days in the only place
         Dsus4I really know, Jericho

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
N.C.                          CA garden grows now where that city burned
         G             G/F#          EmChildren play with old guns from the war
        C                          GBut the bullets are gone now, they don't even know
             DWhat they're for
       G                          CAnd my family back home can sleep well at night
        G              G/F#      EmKnowing I'll keep them safe everyday
       CTill I die and I'm laid to rest
G                  Dsus4Under the ruins we made

[Chorus 2]
        C                       GTill at night I can fly back to Jericho
       C                       G    DOn two wings made of God's own design
C                          GBuried my friends who have fallen
                DAnd been left behind
        C                             GAnd his children I'll save from their enemies
       C                       G  DWith a horn that he gave me to blow
C                       GFinished my days in the only place
         DI really know, Jericho