Tom: Em
G 330023
Am 012200
C 010230
E 000220
D 232000
B/C 010020 (Where this exists, you are walking down from C to Am) I don't know how to annotate this.
F#/D 232002
A combination of strumming and finger picking.
There are various hammer ons and pull offs.
You need to listen for these.
Intro with Harmonica(His harmonica is in C)
C E
G Am
My name is inmate number 30268
C G
and I decided not to stay
E D
I doubt they’ll kick up any dust or roadblocks
C B/C Am
for an old crook like me
G Am
I was in the path of a tornado
C G
I just didn’t expect the spinning
E D
would last as long as it has you know,
C B/C Am D
so I keep repeating. I just keep repeating
[Chorus]
G F#/D E C B/C Am
There’s always hope. No good thing ever dies.
D E C B/C Am
The river is carrying each one of us to the fi—nish line.
D G
One day we’ll be on the other side.
With Harmonica
E D C B/C Am D G
G Am
These are not the chosen themes.
C G
These are the themes that have chosen me.
E D
and I’m writing for my life
C B/C Am
It’s a terrible thing to be afraid all the time
G Am
When you reach the point of a death wish.
C G
The feeling that anything
E D
has got to be better than this,
C B/C Am D
then just keep repeating. just go on repeating
[Chorus]
G F#/D E C B/C Am
There’s always hope. No good thing ever dies.
D E C B/C Am
The river is carrying each one of us to the fi—nish line.
D E C B/C Am
One day we’ll be on the other side.
D G
One day we’ll be on the other side.
