E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2---------------------0-------0-0-0-----------------------------------|
D|--------2-----4-----0------0-------2-2\4-----------------------------------|
A|--0--------0-----0-----2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------0-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----2---------------------0-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------2-----4-----0------0-----------------------------------------------|
A|--0--------0-----0-----2-2-2-2-2-2-0---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse]

  Fat kiddo on the ground again, dirt might stain you sometime
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--2-2--2-2--2------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4--2--4-5-4-5-4-0--0---------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------0------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Now everybody's toes lift, heels tip back
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------3-----------3--------------------------------|
G|-2--2-2--2-2--2---------------4-----------4--------------------------------|
D|----------------4--2--4-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--0-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  The slide flips to the next, 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--2-2--2-2--2------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4--2-------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------0----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Back lit we all see the sky,
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--2-2--2-2--2------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4--2-------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------0----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Skinny branches veining out, blue afternoon
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------3----------------------------------------------|
G|-2--2-2--2-2--2-------------4----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4--2--4--5--5----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus]

D                         
Sick baby won’t pull through again

A                    Em                 Bm F#m
We all face east in a memoriam of loss

Bm
Everyone you know in prostration

D
Are we faking that God tucks her in

A (barre chord)
To the bed that she is choosing

G (barre chord)
As long as her family approves of it

[Verse]

  All beauty wishes do come true,
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--2-2--2-2--2------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4--2-------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------0----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Buried soft in the moss,
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--2-2--2-2--2------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0--0-0--0-0--0-4--2-------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------0--0--0----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------0----------------------------------------------------|

The precious self you’re watchin’ however does not, in South Jersey baby
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------3-----------3-------------------------------|
G|-2--2-2--2-2--2----------------4-----------4-------------------------------|
D|-0--0-0--0-0--0-4--2--4--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-------------------------------|
A|----------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus]

D                         
Sick baby won’t pull through again

A                    Em                 Bm F#m
We all face east in a memoriam of loss

Bm
Everyone you know in prostration

D
Are we faking that God tucks her in

A (barre chord)
To the bed that she is choosing

G (barre chord)
As long as her family approves of it

[Bridge]

Bm           D
Blue afternoon,

A             Em
Blue afternoon,

Bm           D
Blue afternoon,

A             Em
Blue afternoon,

Bm         D
Everyone in prostration

A            Em
Are we faking God tucks her in

Bm         D
Everyone in prostration

A            Em
Are we faking God tucks her in

[Outro]

  Fat kiddo on the ground again, dirt might stain you sometimes, 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--2-2--2-2--2------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4--2--4-5-4-5-4-0--0---------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------0------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Now everybody's toes lift, heels tip back
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------3-----------------------------------------------|
G|-2--2-2--2-2--2------------4-----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4--2--4-5--5-----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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| x   Dead note
| g   Grace note
| (n) Ghost note
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| r   Release
| >   Accented note
| t   Tapping
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| ~   Vibrato
| s   Slap
| P   Pop
| PM  Palm mute
| TR  Trill
| N   Tremolo