Roadkill Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]To t[Dm]he co[Am]yote [Dm]lyin[Am]g
dead on the side of the [Dm]highway:
I've been through your land
countless [Am]times
Without asking your [G]leave.
But [Am]now it seems that I am
free to go on my way
While [Dm]you would left there broken
With [Am]only burning father [G]sun
To [F]grieve and bleach [E]your bones
As white as [Am]the moon.
As [C]white as the yel[Am]low moon.

[Verse 2]
To the [Am]vulture flying low along the
line of the [Dm]highway:
You won't have to wait very [Am]long
To eat [G]your fill.
'Cause the [Am]river of grey
that divides the horizon
Will [Dm]surely leave a carcass in [Am]its wake,
A twisted golden [G]braid of fur and [F]meat,
Turning [E]black,[Am]
[C]Black as the [Am]road.
As [C]black as the grey [Cm]road.

[Verse 3]
And the grey road is the [Cm]great worm
That [G]meets it[Am]self on the far
[Eb]side of the world.
[Cm]And the grey road is the [G]great worm
That eats its [Am]tail beneath our [Fm]feet.
[F][Am][Dm][Am][Dm]

[Verse 4]
[Am]
To the man selling blankets
on the side of the highway:
The [Dm]sign says you're friendly and [Am]nice,
And I have no doubt [G]that's true.
But [Am]one of these mornings
you gonna rise up singing,
[Dm]A song that your grandfather kne[Am]w
But your father for[G]got
And [F]buried
And was paved over [G]by
the grey road,
[F]The same road that [E]you walk now
As nice as [Am]a man.
As [C]nice as the last [Am]man.
[C][Cm][G][Am]

[Verse 5]
[Eb]
[Cm]And the [G]grey[Am][Fm][Cm]
road is the great worm
That [G]meets it[Am]self on the far
[Eb]side of the world.
And the [Cm]grey road is the great worm
That eats its [Am]tail be[F]neath our [Fm]feet.

[Outro 1]
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