Ain’t the Same
Recorded by Blackberry Smoke
Album: Single (2021)

(Capo on 3)

(Intro.)
|(G) / / / |(D) / / / |(A) / / / |(A) / / 

(Verse 1)
He saw the (D)lightening flash across the bright blue sky
Saw the (F#m)rain creep across the road
Well he (Em)stopped and said that's the Devil beating his wife
Some old (A)tale the old folks told
It's a (D)five mile walk between here and a town
On a (F#m)road lined with sugarcane
(Em)They won't notice if it goes anywhere
Here (A)lately it's like they've forgotten his name
(Bm) He just (F#m)can’t forget the (A)way

(Chorus)
That the (G)days seem so much (D)brighter
And thе (Bm)breeze could blow the troubles a-(F#m)way
(G)You could see Angеls (D)dancin' in the flame (A)
This old (G)place seems so much (D)bigger
Now he (Bm)sees it all a different (F#m)way
(G)Nothin's really (D)changed but it ain't the same (A)

(Verse 2)
He's been (D)back from overseas about thirty days
He re-(F#m)turns standin' proud and true
Yeah the (Em)new's worn off of his welcome home
Like the (A)heat burnin' off the dew
Empty (D)bottles that mean the bills ain't gettin' paid
Same (F#m)holes knocked in the walls
Mama (Em)don't fight back like in her younger days
Going (A)over the edge well it's a hell of a fall
(Bm) Can he (F#m)just go back a (A)page?

(Chorus)
That the (G)days seem so much (D)brighter
And thе (Bm)breeze could blow the troubles away (F#m)
(G)You could see Angеls (D)dancin' in the flame (A)
This old (G)place seems so much (D)bigger
Now he (Bm)sees it all a different (F#m)way
(G)Nothin's really (D)changed but it ain't the same (A)

(Solo)
|(D) /(A/C#)  (G)|(G) / / / |(A) / / / |(A) / / / |
|(D) /(A/C#)  (G)|(G) / / / |(A) / / / |(A) / / / |
|(D) /(A/C#)  (G)|(G) / / / |(A) / / / |(A) / / / |
|(D) /(A/C#)  (Bm)|(Bm) /(G)  / |(A) / / / |(A) / / / |

(Verse 3)
(D)He don't know what he's headed for
But the (F#m)buses run right on time
(Em)Anywhere's better than stayin' here
With the (A)ghosts runnin' through his mind
(Bm) Things that he's (F#m)seen and done 
(Bm) Are so much for any (Em)mother's son
(Bm) To live down or try to (F#m)run away from
(A) Can he run?

(Chorus)
That the (G)days seem so much (D)brighter
And thе (Bm)breeze could blow the troubles away (F#m)
(G)You could see angеls (D)dancin' in the flame (A)
This old (G)place seems so much (D)bigger
Now he (Bm)sees it all a different (F#m)way
(G)Nothin's really (D)changed but it ain't the same (A)

(Outro)
|(D) /(A/C#)  (G)|(G) /(G) / |(A) / / / |(A) / / / |
|(D) /(A/C#)  / |(Bm) / (G) / |(A) - - - - -