Valley Of Death chords

Blitzen Trapper

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Intro: Am D 

   Am				D 
I know what it means to get knocked down drunk, 
   Am				     D 
I was lying in a bush by the coal, 
   	   Am 
where the river runs deep 
	G 
& the demons don't sleep 
        D 
& the water's obscured by the smoke. 
	Am		   D 
Well I drug myself to the river's edge 
 	Am		    D 
& I drank like a dog on the sand. 
    Am 
It burned my tongue, 
	  G 
my whole head gets spun 
     D 
& I stood on the stone 
     D	 
& I spoke to the wind and the rain. 

Am		D 
Am		D 

	Am			  D 
Said I know what it means to get left for dead, 
	  Am		 	     D 
when the saints rise up at the sound. 
	  Am 
When the spirits don't move in 
	G 
their chains and the shoes 
	 D 
and the crack of the guns all around. 
   Am			D 
I know how it is to get all dressed up, 
	Am			    D 
where nobody would know where to go. 
	Am 
With a fifth in your vest, 
	  G 
and some pills on your tongue 
      D 
and a gun looking out across 
the Valley of the Shadow below, oh. 

Am		D 
Am		D 

	Am 
Well I preached to the bums 
	D 
and I preached to the birds 
	Am			  D 
til the crowd had started to form. 
      Am 
My disciples that came, 
	     G 
through the wind and the rain 
	D 
and the rags in their jackets all torn. 
	Am		   D 
Well I prophesized of the things to come 
	Am			 D 
and I jumped like a bug on a wall, 
        Am 
til my head it was through 
          G 
with the river's strange brew 
       D 
and I sunk to my knees, in the breeze, 
			Am 
and I started to pray, 
	    D 
I said hey! 
	    Am			     D 
You know I ain't got a dang thing to say, 
	Am			G 
with a head full of booze and nothing to loose 
	D 
for a creature was made out of clay, hey! 

Am		D 
Am		D 

	Am			  D 
Said I know what it means to get left for dead, 
	  Am		 	     D 
when the saints rise up at the sound. 
	  Am 
When the spirits don't move in 
	G 
their chains and the shoes 
	 D 
and the crack of the guns all around. 
   Am			D 
I know how it is to get all dressed up, 
	Am			    D 
where nobody would know where to go. 
	Am 
With a fifth in your vest, 
	  G 
and some pills on your tongue 
      D 
and a gun looking out across 
the Valley of the Shadow below, oh.