verse 1
E B G#m C#m
6 6 6 sixteen-year-old kids
E B
huddled around the grocery lot
E B G#m C#m
"He punched out my teeth" so you said, so did the evidence
E B C#m G#m
The blood and the dent on the car door from your head
verse 2
E
And this is where I bring you
B A
With every laurel I've hung from your neck
E
It will be the noose that hangs you
E
Yes it will be the noose that hangs you
Pre-Chorus
B G#m
Cause I was lonely here and its lonely still
C#m E
In the rugged country where the weeds grow fierce
B G#m
Quicker than the crop I keep running from
C#m
In this rugged country
Chorus
E
I'm the rugged one
B
I'm the rugged one
G#m
I'm the rugged one
C#m
I'm the rugged one
verse 3
E
And this is where we lost you
B A
Despite every effort to bring you back
E
Yeah, the hopes the one that haunts you
B A
And the home's the rope thats wrapped around your neck
E
And it will be the noose that hangs you
E
Yes it will be the noose that hangs you
Pre-Chorus
B G#m
And it's a heavy hand where I wear your death
C#m E
As a wedding ring in the rugged country
B G#m
I tend to your man in the home you had
C#m
Oh in this rugged country
Chorus
E
I'm the rugged one
B
I'm the rugged one
G#m
I'm the rugged one
C#m E
I'm the rugged one