Ritter Josh - Lawrence, KS guitar tab

Lawrence, KS

By Josh Ritter

chords figured out by Matt Rowley

Capo 3rd fret

intro G

G

Dirt roads and dryland farming might be the death of me

C G

but I can't leave this world behind

G

My debts are not like prisons where there's hope of getting free

C G

and I can't leave this world behind

D C

Now I've been from here to Lawrence Kansas

D C

trying to leave my state of mind

D C

trying to leave this awful sadness

G

but I can't leave this world behind.

G

South of Delia there's a patch out back the willow trees

C G

but I can't leave this world behind

G

It's a fenced-in piece of nothing where I hear voices on my knees

C G

and I can't leave this world behind

D C

Some prophecies are self-fulfilling

D C

I've had to work for all of mine

D C

better times will come to me, God-willing

G

Cause I can't leave this world behind.

[Accordian/guitar duet solor... fade]

G

Well this world must be frightening everybody's on the run

C G

and I can't leave this world behind

G

My house is a wooden one and it's built on a wooden one

C G

seems I can't leave this world behind

D C

Preacher says that when the master calls us

D C

He's gonna give us wings to fly

D C

But my wings are made of hay and corn husks

G

So I can't leave this world behind.