Blood To Dust

Finger-picking pattern for Intro and Verses :
Csus2

Am7

Gsus4

Intro
Csus2

Verse 1
Csus2I Was Born In 1977
Am7To Hear That Elvis Died And Went To Heaven
Gsus4My Momma Worked At Nighttime Singing Cover Songs
Csus2My Daddy Was A Lawman With The Fbi
Am7For Cash Money, He'd Do Deals On The Side
Gsus4Mama Said He Even Killed A Man Once, Never Even Got CaughCsus2t

Verse 2
Csus2Well, They Fought Like Hell For Several Years
Am7Then Ma Told Pa, "Disappear"
Gsus4That's When Old Danno Came In, He Changed My Life
Csus2I Didn't See My Real Dad Again Until I Was 12 Years Old
Am7My Mom Pointed Him Out In A Record Store
Gsus4I Walked Up And Said, "My Name's Bobby"
He Said, "I'm Bobby TooCsus2"

Verse 3
Csus2He Still Didn't Know Just Who I Was
Am7I Told Him I Was His Eldest Son
Gsus4I Could See The Teardrops Welling Up In His Eyes
Csus2He Gave Me His Phone Number, And We Said Goodbye
Am7It Was Two Months Later That Old Bob Died
Gsus4With A Needle In His Arm In Some Hotel RoomCsus2​

Chorus
They Say FSome Things In Our LGives Are Best ForCgotten
I Say TFhose Are Things That GMake Us Who We CAre
So Be FProud Of What You GGot And Where You CCome From
'Cause From FBlood To Dust, You Know ItG Ain't Very FarC​

Verse 4
Csus2Next Thing I Know, I'm 15 Years Old
Am7Playing Electric Guitar And Smoking Dope
Gsus4It Was Then I Dedicated My Life To Rock And Roll
Csus2I Had A Drummer, And I Had A Band
Am7Nobody Ever Heard Of Us, It Was Called Stick Man
Gsus4We Played All-Ages Shows 'Til The Cops Ran Us Out Of TowCsus2n

Verse 5
Csus2We Moved To The Big Town, Chasing The Dream
Am7We Weren't Cool Enough To Make Their Scene
Gsus4We Just Ended Up Drinking A Lot, Getting All Strung Out
Csus4Well, Miles Moved To Frisco And Wound Up Dead
Am7Carl Got Clean And Shaved His Head
Gsus4Old Mike Fisher Went Back Home, Had A Bunch Of KidCsus2s

Verse 6
Csus2Now Me, On The Other Hand, I Had Plans Of My Own
Am7Broken-Hearted, Sick And Alone
Gsus4I Was Gonna Kill Myself, Just Like My Old Man
Csus2Something Happened, I Ain't Sure What It Was
Am7Best I Can Figure Is The Lord Up Above
Gsus4'Cause I'm Sitting Here Stone-Cold And Sober
Singing These Fucked-Up Csus2Songs

Chorus
They Say FSome Things In Our LGives Are Best ForCgotten
I Say TFhose Are Things That GMake Us Who We CAre
So Be FProud Of What You GGot And Where You CCome From
'Cause From FBlood To Dust, You Know ItG Ain't Very FarC​

I Said From FBlood To Dust, You Know ItG Ain't Very FarC​
Know From FBlood To Dust GAin't Very CFar