Blood To Dust

Finger-picking pattern for Intro and Verses :
Gsus2

Em7

Dsus4

Intro
Gsus2

Verse 1
Gsus2I Was Born In 1977
Em7To Hear That Elvis Died And Went To Heaven
Dsus4My Momma Worked At Nighttime Singing Cover Songs
Gsus2My Daddy Was A Lawman With The Fbi
Em7For Cash Money, He'd Do Deals On The Side
Dsus4Mama Said He Even Killed A Man Once, Never Even Got CaughGsus2t

Verse 2
Gsus2Well, They Fought Like Hell For Several Years
Em7Then Ma Told Pa, "Disappear"
Dsus4That's When Old Danno Came In, He Changed My Life
Gsus2I Didn't See My Real Dad Again Until I Was 12 Years Old
Em7My Mom Pointed Him Out In A Record Store
Dsus4I Walked Up And Said, "My Name's Bobby"
He Said, "I'm Bobby TooGsus2"

Verse 3
Gsus2He Still Didn't Know Just Who I Was
Em7I Told Him I Was His Eldest Son
Dsus4I Could See The Teardrops Welling Up In His Eyes
Gsus2He Gave Me His Phone Number, And We Said Goodbye
Em7It Was Two Months Later That Old Bob Died
Dsus4With A Needle In His Arm In Some Hotel RoomGsus2​

Chorus
They Say CSome Things In Our LDives Are Best ForGgotten
I Say TChose Are Things That DMake Us Who We GAre
So Be CProud Of What You DGot And Where You GCome From
'Cause From CBlood To Dust, You Know ItD Ain't Very FarG​

Verse 4
Gsus2Next Thing I Know, I'm 15 Years Old
Em7Playing Electric Guitar And Smoking Dope
Dsus4It Was Then I Dedicated My Life To Rock And Roll
Gsus2I Had A Drummer, And I Had A Band
Em7Nobody Ever Heard Of Us, It Was Called Stick Man
Dsus4We Played All-Ages Shows 'Til The Cops Ran Us Out Of TowGsus2n

Verse 5
Gsus2We Moved To The Big Town, Chasing The Dream
Em7We Weren't Cool Enough To Make Their Scene
Dsus4We Just Ended Up Drinking A Lot, Getting All Strung Out
Gsus4Well, Miles Moved To Frisco And Wound Up Dead
Em7Carl Got Clean And Shaved His Head
Dsus4Old Mike Fisher Went Back Home, Had A Bunch Of KidGsus2s

Verse 6
Gsus2Now Me, On The Other Hand, I Had Plans Of My Own
Em7Broken-Hearted, Sick And Alone
Dsus4I Was Gonna Kill Myself, Just Like My Old Man
Gsus2Something Happened, I Ain't Sure What It Was
Em7Best I Can Figure Is The Lord Up Above
Dsus4'Cause I'm Sitting Here Stone-Cold And Sober
Singing These Fucked-Up Gsus2Songs

Chorus
They Say CSome Things In Our LDives Are Best ForGgotten
I Say TChose Are Things That DMake Us Who We GAre
So Be CProud Of What You DGot And Where You GCome From
'Cause From CBlood To Dust, You Know ItD Ain't Very FarG​

I Said From CBlood To Dust, You Know ItD Ain't Very FarG​
Know From CBlood To Dust DAin't Very GFar