Blood To Dust

Finger-picking pattern for Intro and Verses :
Dsus2

Bm7

Asus4

Intro
Dsus2

Verse 1
Dsus2I Was Born In 1977
Bm7To Hear That Elvis Died And Went To Heaven
Asus4My Momma Worked At Nighttime Singing Cover Songs
Dsus2My Daddy Was A Lawman With The Fbi
Bm7For Cash Money, He'd Do Deals On The Side
Asus4Mama Said He Even Killed A Man Once, Never Even Got CaughDsus2t

Verse 2
Dsus2Well, They Fought Like Hell For Several Years
Bm7Then Ma Told Pa, "Disappear"
Asus4That's When Old Danno Came In, He Changed My Life
Dsus2I Didn't See My Real Dad Again Until I Was 12 Years Old
Bm7My Mom Pointed Him Out In A Record Store
Asus4I Walked Up And Said, "My Name's Bobby"
He Said, "I'm Bobby TooDsus2"

Verse 3
Dsus2He Still Didn't Know Just Who I Was
Bm7I Told Him I Was His Eldest Son
Asus4I Could See The Teardrops Welling Up In His Eyes
Dsus2He Gave Me His Phone Number, And We Said Goodbye
Bm7It Was Two Months Later That Old Bob Died
Asus4With A Needle In His Arm In Some Hotel RoomDsus2​

Chorus
They Say GSome Things In Our LAives Are Best ForDgotten
I Say TGhose Are Things That AMake Us Who We DAre
So Be GProud Of What You AGot And Where You DCome From
'Cause From GBlood To Dust, You Know ItA Ain't Very FarD​

Verse 4
Dsus2Next Thing I Know, I'm 15 Years Old
Bm7Playing Electric Guitar And Smoking Dope
Asus4It Was Then I Dedicated My Life To Rock And Roll
Dsus2I Had A Drummer, And I Had A Band
Bm7Nobody Ever Heard Of Us, It Was Called Stick Man
Asus4We Played All-Ages Shows 'Til The Cops Ran Us Out Of TowDsus2n

Verse 5
Dsus2We Moved To The Big Town, Chasing The Dream
Bm7We Weren't Cool Enough To Make Their Scene
Asus4We Just Ended Up Drinking A Lot, Getting All Strung Out
Dsus4Well, Miles Moved To Frisco And Wound Up Dead
Bm7Carl Got Clean And Shaved His Head
Asus4Old Mike Fisher Went Back Home, Had A Bunch Of KidDsus2s

Verse 6
Dsus2Now Me, On The Other Hand, I Had Plans Of My Own
Bm7Broken-Hearted, Sick And Alone
Asus4I Was Gonna Kill Myself, Just Like My Old Man
Dsus2Something Happened, I Ain't Sure What It Was
Bm7Best I Can Figure Is The Lord Up Above
Asus4'Cause I'm Sitting Here Stone-Cold And Sober
Singing These Fucked-Up Dsus2Songs

Chorus
They Say GSome Things In Our LAives Are Best ForDgotten
I Say TGhose Are Things That AMake Us Who We DAre
So Be GProud Of What You AGot And Where You DCome From
'Cause From GBlood To Dust, You Know ItA Ain't Very FarD​

I Said From GBlood To Dust, You Know ItA Ain't Very FarD​
Know From GBlood To Dust AAin't Very DFar