6Th Of October

Capo: 1st fret [Verse 1] G Cadd9 G I threw up this morning in Christiansburg, VA Cadd9 G D I drove down from PA, slept in my van G And I can still taste the whiskey Cadd9 G From the last fool that kissed me Cadd9 G And the people who miss me D/F# G I can count on one hand [Verse 2] Cadd9 G He missed by a mile, a Paso Fino caballo Cadd9 G That girl in Ohio D With hair black as coal G She was charmed for a moment Cadd9 G By a circus clown poet Cadd9 G D G And, boy, did he blow it and she let him go Chorus Cadd9 Reckless hearts Cadd9 The tattered and bruised ones Cadd9 The slightly confused ones G The ones holding stools down in bars Cadd9 Show up and find us F Cadd9 And gently remind us G To not be ashamed of our scars A Or who we are [Verse 3] G I've been saying I was sober Cadd9 G Since the sixth of October Cadd9 G But all that was over D When I heard him say G There's a friend you been missin' Cadd9 G With a fifth in the kitchen Cadd9 G D G We started sippin' and he faded away Chorus Cadd9 Reckless hearts Cadd9 The tattered and bruised ones Cadd9 The slightly confused ones G The ones holding stools down in bars Cadd9 Show up and find us F Cadd9 And gently remind us G To not be ashamed of our scars A Or who we are [Instrumental] G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G G D G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D G G Outro G So just live in the rhythm Cadd9 G And the rhymes when you get 'em Cadd9 G And the notes when you miss 'em D 'Cause you drank all night long G In all of his runnin' Cadd9 G He showed me somethin' Cadd9 G That dyin' ain't nothin' D/F# G And I can't prove him wrong