Verse 1 D A D G I grew up here now all of my life Em A DD But I dreamed someday I'd go D A D G Where the blue-eyed girls and red guitars and Em A D D The naked rivers flow Chorus G I'm not all I thought I'd be F#m D I always stayed around G I've been as far as Mercy and Grand Em A7 Frozen to the ground Verse 2 D A D G I can't stay here and I'm scared to leave Em A D Just kiss me once and then D A D G I'll go to hell, I might as well Em A D D Be whistlin' down the wind Break G D The bus is at the corner G D The clock on the wall G F#m Broken down windmill A There's no wind at all G D I've yelled and I cursed G D If I stay here I'll rust G Bm I'm stuck like a shipwreck A Out here in the dust Instrumental Break DADGEADDADGEADGD Verse 3 D A D G The sky is red and the world's on fire Em A D And the corn is taller than me D A D G The dog is tied to a wagon of rain Em A D D And the road is as wet as the sea Chorus 2 G And sometimes the music from a dance F#m D Will carry across the plains G And the places that I'm dreaming of Em A7 Do they dream only of me? Verse 4 D A D G There are places where they never sleep Em A D And the circus never ends D A D G So I will take the Marleybone coach Em A D D And be whistling down the wind D A D G so I will take the Marleybone coach Em A D GD Whistling down the wind