Lawrence, KS
By Josh Ritter

chords figured out by Matt Rowley

Capo 3rd fret

intro G

G
Dirt roads and dryland farming might be the death of me
       C                       G
but I can't leave this world behind
G
My debts are not like prisons where there's hope of getting free
       C                       G
and I can't leave this world behind


D                                      C
Now I've been from here to Lawrence Kansas
D                            C
trying to leave my state of mind
D                           C
trying to leave this awful sadness
                             G
but I can't leave this world behind.


G
South of Delia there's a patch out back the willow trees
       C                       G
but I can't leave this world behind
G
It's a fenced-in piece of nothing where I hear voices on my knees
       C                       G
and I can't leave this world behind


D                           C
Some prophecies are self-fulfilling
D                             C
I've had to work for all of mine
D                               C
better times will come to me, God-willing
                              G
Cause I can't leave this world behind.

[Accordian/guitar duet solor... fade]

G
Well this world must be frightening everybody's on the run
       C                       G
and I can't leave this world behind
G
My house is a wooden one and it's built on a wooden one
         C                      G
seems I can't leave this world behind

D                                   C
Preacher says that when the master calls us
D                             C
He's gonna give us wings to fly
D                                 C
But my wings are made of hay and corn husks
                              G
So I can't leave this world behind.