Tabs

Porch Songs
from the album Driving North

Driving North cover

Tab by Matt Morrow

Capo VI Fmaj7: xx3210 Fmaj7sus2: xx3010 C: x32010 Gsus4: 320013 G: 320003 Fmaj7 Fmaj7sus2 (4X) Fmaj7 Fmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fmaj7sus2 We sang porch songs like we were rock stars Fmaj7 Fmaj7sus2 C Gsus4 We drank cheap beer and tried to make it last Famj7 Fmaj7sus2 Fmaj7 Fmaj7sus4 And it was back in the car close to the corn fields Fmaj7 Fmaj7sus2 C Gsus4 And we were just looking for something else to call ourselves Rest stop coffee, postcards back home Back seat scenes of strange towns, keep driving on, driving on In the middle of the night we took a wrong turn Ended up on a mountain in the pine trees and the moonlit earth Fmaj7 Fmaj7sus2 C Gsus4 Oh, the scattered light, a photograph in mind Fmaj7 Fmaj7sus2 C Gsus4 Of a summer day, squinting at the sun Fmaj7 Fmaj7sus2 C Gsus4 It's a warm stone that I carry along Gsus4 Gsus4 You know I, you know that I C Gsus4 I've been saving quarters for the toll roads Fmaj7 C Gsus4 We can pack the car tonight, we can leave the town tomorrow C Gsus4 Put me on a porch swing out in Portland Fmaj7 C Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G Put me on an F train, roll me back into Brooklyn Well we closed the bars like we were cowboys And then we wrote our names in the dirt by the side of the road And October came and the winter drew near With the cold fingers digging under the ribs But we were campfire girls, kicking up the leaves And we returned to our jobs with our clothes smelling like wood smoke Oh, the scattered light, a photograph in mind Of a summer day, squinting at the sun It's a warm stone that I carry along You know I, you know that I I've been saving quarters for the toll roads We can pack the car tonight, we can leave the town tomorrow Put me on a porch swing out in Portland Put me on an F train, roll me back into Brooklyn We sang porch songs like we were rock stars We drank cheap beer and tried to make it last