Paul - Big Thief

Version 3 of 3
Capo: Fret 4
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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That's how the songs goes but she adds and removes a finger here and there

[Verse 1]
         
Oh the last ti

         
me I saw Paul
        
I was horrible

             
 and almost le

      
t him in
             
But I stopped 

              
and caught the

 
 wall
        
And my mouth g

             
ot dry so all 

            
I did was take

           
 him for a spi

n

[Verse 2]
             
Yeah we hopped

           
 inside my car
        
And I drove in

             
 circles 'roun

              
d the freight 

      
train yard
         
And he turned 

              
the headlights

 
 off
        
Then he pulled

            
 the bottle ou

t
             
Then he showed

             
 me what was l

ove

[Chorus]

I'll be your m

orning bright 

goodnight shad

ow machine

I'll be your r

ecord player b

aby if you kno

w what I mean

I'll be your r

eal tough cook

ie with the wh

iskey breath

I'll be a kill

er and a thril

ler and the ca

use of our dea

th

[Verse 3]
         
In the blossom

        
 of the months
        
I was sure tha

             
t I'd get driv

            
en off with th

ought
         
So I swallowed

        
 all of it
        
As I realized 

             
there was no o

             
ne who could k

            
iss away my sh

it

[Chorus]

I'll be your m

orning bright 

goodnight shad

ow machine

I'll be your r

ecord player b

aby if you kno

w what I mean

I'll be your r

eal tough cook

ie with the wh

iskey breath

I'll be a kill

er and a thril

ler and the ca

use of our dea

th

[Instrumental]
         

[Verse 4]
         
Paul, I know y

            
ou said that y

        
ou'd take me a

             
ny way I came 

   
or went
             
But I'll push 

            
you from my br

ain
            
See, you're ge

ntle baby
             
I couldn't sta

             
y, I'd only br

        
ing you pain

[Chorus]

I was your sta

rry-eyed lover

 and the one t

hat you saw

I was your hur

ricane rider a

nd the woman y

ou'd call

We were just t

wo moonshiners

 on the cusp o

f a breath

And I've been 

burning for yo

u baby since t

he minute I le

ft

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