Blood To Dust

Finger-picking pattern for Intro and Verses :
Esus2

C#m7

Bsus4

Intro
Esus2

Verse 1
Esus2I Was Born In 1977
C#m7To Hear That Elvis Died And Went To Heaven
Bsus4My Momma Worked At Nighttime Singing Cover Songs
Esus2My Daddy Was A Lawman With The Fbi
C#m7For Cash Money, He'd Do Deals On The Side
Bsus4Mama Said He Even Killed A Man Once, Never Even Got CaughEsus2t

Verse 2
Esus2Well, They Fought Like Hell For Several Years
C#m7Then Ma Told Pa, "Disappear"
Bsus4That's When Old Danno Came In, He Changed My Life
Esus2I Didn't See My Real Dad Again Until I Was 12 Years Old
C#m7My Mom Pointed Him Out In A Record Store
Bsus4I Walked Up And Said, "My Name's Bobby"
He Said, "I'm Bobby TooEsus2"

Verse 3
Esus2He Still Didn't Know Just Who I Was
C#m7I Told Him I Was His Eldest Son
Bsus4I Could See The Teardrops Welling Up In His Eyes
Esus2He Gave Me His Phone Number, And We Said Goodbye
C#m7It Was Two Months Later That Old Bob Died
Bsus4With A Needle In His Arm In Some Hotel RoomEsus2​

Chorus
They Say ASome Things In Our LBives Are Best ForEgotten
I Say TAhose Are Things That BMake Us Who We EAre
So Be AProud Of What You BGot And Where You ECome From
'Cause From ABlood To Dust, You Know ItB Ain't Very FarE​

Verse 4
Esus2Next Thing I Know, I'm 15 Years Old
C#m7Playing Electric Guitar And Smoking Dope
Bsus4It Was Then I Dedicated My Life To Rock And Roll
Esus2I Had A Drummer, And I Had A Band
C#m7Nobody Ever Heard Of Us, It Was Called Stick Man
Bsus4We Played All-Ages Shows 'Til The Cops Ran Us Out Of TowEsus2n

Verse 5
Esus2We Moved To The Big Town, Chasing The Dream
C#m7We Weren't Cool Enough To Make Their Scene
Bsus4We Just Ended Up Drinking A Lot, Getting All Strung Out
Esus4Well, Miles Moved To Frisco And Wound Up Dead
C#m7Carl Got Clean And Shaved His Head
Bsus4Old Mike Fisher Went Back Home, Had A Bunch Of KidEsus2s

Verse 6
Esus2Now Me, On The Other Hand, I Had Plans Of My Own
C#m7Broken-Hearted, Sick And Alone
Bsus4I Was Gonna Kill Myself, Just Like My Old Man
Esus2Something Happened, I Ain't Sure What It Was
C#m7Best I Can Figure Is The Lord Up Above
Bsus4'Cause I'm Sitting Here Stone-Cold And Sober
Singing These Fucked-Up Esus2Songs

Chorus
They Say ASome Things In Our LBives Are Best ForEgotten
I Say TAhose Are Things That BMake Us Who We EAre
So Be AProud Of What You BGot And Where You ECome From
'Cause From ABlood To Dust, You Know ItB Ain't Very FarE​

I Said From ABlood To Dust, You Know ItB Ain't Very FarE​
Know From ABlood To Dust BAin't Very EFar