Purple Gas
Recorded by Zach Bryan & Noeline Hoffmann
Album: Single (2024)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
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(Verse 1)
I've got plates for (F)purple (C)gas, (C)fbout the only (F)break I (C)catch
But (C)I am not the (F)kind of (C)man to blame the dealer on a (F)losin' (C)hand
(C)Have a lone star (F)in my (C)eye, the darker the sky, the (F)brighter it (C)shines
(C)Pumpjack checks and (F)bailer (C)twine, a ton of a grit or may-(F)be it's (C) spite
 
(Chorus)
And (Dm)if I weren't a flatland boy, I'd (F)say I'd have a hill
A (Dm)hill that I will die upon if the (F)climb don't get me killed
If (Dm)there were such heights around here for a (C)guy to lay his pride
May-(Dm)be I'd rest before I (C)died if I (F)weren't a flatland (C) boy
If I (F)weren't a flatland (C)boy

(Verse 2)
I (C)hammer down, (F)hair straight (C)back, the world blurs past, tell me, (F)how's it (C)that
(C)My horizon (F)line's stat-(C)ic, I guess at least it's (F)a sure (C)bet
Was (C)taught not to throw the (F)first (C)fist, but if you (C)take a hit, finish that (F) son of a (C)b***h
In a (C)life havin' the upper (F)hand's a myth, (C) your only fightin' chance is too (F)stubborn to (C)quit
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(Chorus)
And (Dm)if I weren't a flatland boy, I'd (F)say I'd have a hill
A (Dm)hill that I will die upon if the (F)climb don't get me killed
If (Dm)there were such heights around here for a (F)guy to lay his pride
May-(Dm)be I'd rest before I (C)died if I (F)weren't a flatland (C) boy
If I (F)weren't a flatland (C)boy

(Verse 3)
(C)Retired rail ties, (F)point nine (C)wire, neighbor kid on the (F)fencing (C)pliers
(C)Fargo that turns (F)over (C)fine at forty below if you (F)cuss it (C)right
A (C)sly thumb of (C)Rye sometimes, keep a bottle hid with the (F)Bio-My-(C)cin
You can (C)dull the edge, you can (F)look a-(C)head, but can't (Dm)get there, it goes on for-(C)ever
Oh, it (Dm)just goes on for-(C)ever, you keep your (Dm)head down, it goes on for-(C)ever
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(Outro.)
But (C)I've got plates for (F)purple (C)gas
(C)I've got plates for (F)purple (C)gas - - - - -