Flagship
By Jason Isbell
Written By Jason Isbell
CD: Something More Than Free (2015)
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
7/23/2015
Another song tuned down and in Drop D - I am tabbing it as
close as I can in standard tuning
G C C/B D
There's a few too many years on this hotel
G C C/B D
She used to be a beauty, you can tell
Em D
The lights down in the lobby they don't shine
Em D
They just flicker while the elevator whines
And the couple in the corner of the bar
Have traveled light and clearly traveled far
She's got nothing left to learn about his heart
They're sitting there a thousand miles apart
Chorus 1:
Am D
Baby let's not ever get that way
Am D
I'll say whatever words I need to say
G C C/B D
I'll throw rocks at your window from the street
G C C/B D
And we'll call ourselves the flagship of the fleet
There's a lady shining shoes up by the door
and cowboy boots for seven dollars more
And I remember how you loved to see them shine
So I run upstairs and get a pair of mine
And there's a painting on the wall beside the bed
The watercolor sky at Hilton Head
Then I see you in that summer when we met
And that boy you left in tears in his Corvette
Chorus 2:
Baby let's not ever get that way
I'll drive you to the ocean every day
We'll stay up in the presidential suite
And call ourselves the flagship of the fleet
Mmmmm, Mmm, Mmmm, mmm
Mmmmm, Mmm, Mmmm, mmm
Mmmmm, Mmm, Mmmm, mmmmmm
You gotta try and keep yourself naive
In spite of all the evidence believed
And volunteer to lose touch with the world
And focus on one solitary girl
Chorus 3:
Baby let's not live to see it fade
I'll cancel all the plans I've ever made
I'll drive and you can ride in the back seat
And we'll call ourselves the flagship of the fleet
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