Rock Salt and Nails
From Starlight on the Rails
Bruce (Utah) Phillips
Rosalie Sorrels
(My Last Go Around)
Chords by: Verne Garrison
November 3, 2008
Banjo Tuned E Play Key of D Capo 1
Rock Salt and Nails
D
On the banks of the river,
G D
Where the willows hang down
Bm
And the wild birds all warble
D
With a moaning sound
Bm
Down in the holler
D
Where the water runs cold
G
It was there I first listened
D
To the lies that you told
D G D
Now I lie on my bed and I see your sweet face;
Bm D
The past I remember, time cannot erase.
G D
The letter you wrote me, it was written in shame,
G D
And I know that your conscience still echoes my name.
D G D
The nights are so long and sorrow runs deep,
Bm D
And nothing is worse than a night without sleep.
G D
I walk out alone and look at the sky,
G D
Too empty to sing, too lonesome to cry.
D G D
If the ladies was blackbirds and the ladies was thrushes,
Bm D
I'd lie there for hours in the chilly, cold marshes;
G D
If the ladies was squirrels with their high bushy tails,
Bm G D
I'd load up my shotgun with rocksalt and nails.
Copyright ©1973, 2000 Bruce Phillips
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