Second Hand
Recorded by Slaid Cleaves
Album: Single (2023)

(Capo on 2)

(Intro.)
|(G) / / (C)|(C) / / / | x 2

(Verse 1)
(G) In a dusty old church (D)basement
My daddy lit his second (G)cigarette (C)
(G) Spoke of all the years he (C)wasted
Lettin' go of all those (G)old regrets (C)
(G) And as I watch my own smoke (C)settle
It's not too (G)hard to understand (C)
(D) That so much of who I am to-(C)day,
(C) well, I just picked up secondhand

(Solo)
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(Verse 2)
(G) Was a time that I was (C)searchin’
For somethin' I could call (G) my own (C)
(G) Guess I didn't really have the (C)goods
Now I'm rollin' over (G)one more payday loan (C)
(G) Took a load down to the (C)local pawn
Went back to work for my (G)old man (C)
(D) Drivin' home tonight to the (C)wife and kids
In a (C)Plymouth that I bought secondhand (G) / / (C)|(C) / / / |
 
(Chorus 1)
(G) Cactus growin' 'round that (D)old blue van
(G) We used to roll out across (C) this land
(C)Feelin' brave and free, (D) we wеre singin' "Born to (G)Run” (C)
(C) I go and visit her from (D)time to timе
(G) Sun settin' through that old (C) red pine
(C) Just held together with spare parts and duct tape 'til you’re done (D)
 
(Verse 3)
(G) I know I'm not the one she (C)fell for
She smiles, but I can (G)see it in her eyes (C)
(G) And when she stares into the (C)distance
I know there's only so (G)much she can hide (C)
(G) I’m headed to the tent revival (C)
Where lost souls reach (G)for Heaven's plan (C)
(D) I gotta find some kind of (C)light tonight
(C)Even if it's only secondhand (G) / / (C)|(C) / / / |
 
(Chorus 2)
(G) Cactus growin' 'round that (D)old blue van
(G) We used to roll out across (C) this land
So (C)many times, I can't re-(D)member where we started from (Em) / / (G)|(G) / / / |
(C) I go and visit her from (D)time to time
(G) Sun settin' through that (C)old red pine
(C) Just held together with spare parts and duct tape 'til you’re done (D)
 
(Verse 4)
(G) In a dusty old church (C)basement
My daddy lit another (G)cigarette (C) (D)
(G) Blew the smoke up to the (C)ceilin'
Lettin' go of all those (G)old regrets (C)
(G) And as I watch my own (C)smoke settle
It's not too hard (G)to understand (C)
(D) That so much of who I am (C) today
(C) Well, I just picked up secondhand
 
(Outro.)
|(G) / / (C)|(C) / / / |(G) / / (C)|(C) I just picked up secondhand
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