Cover Me Up chords by Jason Isbell

• Capo on 2nd

Difficulty: Novice


INTRO: GUITAR INTERLUDE LIKE 1 LINE OF VERSE


VERSE 1:

        D            G           D
A heart on the run, keeps a hand on the gun, it can’t trust anyone
        D         G              D
I was so sure, what I needed was more, tried to shoot out the sun
        Bm           G           D
In days when we raged, we flew off the page, such damage was done
       D            G             D
But I made it through, ‘cause somebody knew, I was meant for someone

CHORUS 1:

  D              G             D
So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room
D           G           D
Someone needs medical help or the magnolia’s bloom
   Em            G            Bm
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood
      D          G          D
So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


Interlude:

D G  D


VERSE 2:

           D             G           D
Put your faith to the test, when I tore off your dress, in Richmond all high
     D            G          D
I sobered up, and I swore off that stuff, forever this time
          Bm            G           D
In the old lovers’ scene, I thought it’d be me, who helped him get home
        D          G          D
But home was a dream, one I’d never seen, ‘til you came along


CHORUS 2:

  D             G             D
So girl hang your dress up to dry, we ain’t leavin’ this room
  D             G            D
The Percy Priest break’s open wide and the river runs through*
Em            G              Bm
Carries this house on the stones like a piece of driftwood
     D          G          D
Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


Interlude:

D G  D
D G  D


CHORUS 1:

  D              G             D
So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room
D           G           D
Someone needs medical help or the magnolia’s bloom
   Em            G            Bm
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood
      D          G          D
So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


TAG:

     D          G          D
Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


Interlude:

D G  D
D


*Videos show Isbell capoed at 2.This chording makes some lead lines easier.
**Percy Priest is a lake and dam near Nashville.