Thomas County Law
Iron & Wine
I based these chords off a live performance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53cCz_Eqftg) Sam tunes to DADGBe DADGBe Chords he just doesn’t play the 1st string) G5: 5500xx F#m: 4402xx Em: 2200xx A7: 002020 Another guitar plays the same chords but in DADGAd over the top so here are those chords DADGAd Chords D5: 000200 G5: 550000 F#m: 440200 Em: 220000 A7: 002000 [Verse] Thomas County Law’s got a crooked tooth Every traffic light is red when it tells the truth The church bell isn’t kidding when it cries for you Nobody looks away when the sun goes down Thomas County Road takes you where it will Someone’s singing on the far side of other hills There’s nowhere safe to bury all the time I’ve killed Nobody looks away when the sun goes down There’s a couple ways to cross Thomas County Line You can’t see beyond the trees they’re too tall and wide And I never seem to see around my brother’s wife Nobody looks away when the sun goes down [Chorus] There are castles for kings there are birds without wings I could whine ’bout it all but I won’t [Verse] Thomas County Law’s got a crooked tooth There ain’t a mother with a heart less than black and blue When they hold ’em to the light you can see right through Every dreamer falls asleep in their dancing shoes I may say I don’t belong here but I know I do Nobody looks away when the sun goes down Nobody looks away when the sun goes down