Fences - Jason Boland

Fences chords

Fences
Jason Boland & The Stragglers
Capo 2 

Intro:  G – C/B – C – Am – D2 – D – D2 – G 

Verse 1:
D2            D         C             G
A single town county, a hundred horse town
D2        D           C               D
The rodeo rides away, then comes back around
G               C/B            C      G
The fiddler was shorted tho he played Cherokee 
         C                          D
That’s a warning for to a white boy like me

Chorus:
G         C/B     C
All I see now are fences 
    Am
The cards turn a profit
          D          G
But their people are gone
G                      C/B
These old holes in the highway

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       C         A
Are so brutal on bones
    D                    D2
You don’t dance with who brought you
       D             G
It’s a lonesome walk home

Verse 2:
D2             D                   C         G
Can I catch a ride sir, if you’re goin’ this way
D2                  D       C           D 
I forgot what would all the Protestants say
G                     C/B                C        G
She was there for the takin’, there were promises made
    C                                        D
The small pox and whiskey, were a mighty bad trade

Chorus:
G         C/B     C
All I see now are fences 
    Am
The cards turn a profit
          D          G
But their people are gone
G                      C/B
These old holes in the highway
       C         A
Are so brutal on bones
    D                    D2
You don’t dance with who brought you
       D             G
It’s a lonesome walk home

Instrumental:  
G – C/B – Am – D2 – D – D2 – G 
G – C/B – A – D2 – D – D2 – G 

Bridge:
D                          C        G
The tables are turned into dried up remains
C                                              D
Since the storm from the east, blew across the Plains

Chorus:
G         C/B     C
All I see now are fences 
    Am
The casinos turn the profit
          D          G
But their people are gone
G                      C/B
These old holes in the highway
       C         A
Are so brutal on bones
    D                    D2
You don’t dance with who brought you
       D             G
It’s a lonesome walk home
    D                    D2
You don’t dance with who brought you
       D             G
It’s a lonesome walk home

Outro: 
G – C/B – C – Am – D2 – D – D2 – G