Key : C
[Intro]
Em D C
[Verse]
C G
I was thinkin' 'bout you crossin' Southern Alberta
C D
Canola fields on a July day
C G G
'Bout the same chartreuse as that sixty-nine Bug
Em D C
You used to drive around San Jose
[Verse]
C G
Never knew where my old white Lincoln might take you
C D
Party on wheels with suicide doors
C G D
Bring the kids and the dogs and your grandma too
Em D C
We always had room for more
[Verse]
C G
'Til that white knuckle ride back from Santa Cruz
C D
Second best surfer on the central coast
C G D
Had you wrapped up all the way back to Los Gatos
Em D C
And I couldda cut his throat
[Verse]
C G
And I wasn't like we were an item to start with
D Em
It had no basis in fact
C G
But the whiskey could push me to sudden extremes
D
I don't wanna think about that
C G G
I don't wanna think about that
[Chorus]
C Em D D
Take my hand Marie
C G D C
Take a death grip on some part of me
C G D Em
Keep me from driftin' far out to sea
Em D C C
Or I'll be lost out there
[Instrumental]
C G D Em C G D D
[Verse]
C G
We all filtered away with the days gettin' shorter
C D
Seekin' our place in the greater scheme
C G
Kids and careers and a vague sense of order
Em D C
Bustin' apart at the seams
[Verse]
C G
I heard you switched coasts, moved in with your sister
C D
I doubt she'd'a called it familial bliss
C G
We met up in Brooklyn before it went hipster
Em D C
You carried your keys in your fist
[Verse]
C G
Then away back corner of a cross-town bus
D Em
We were hidin' out under my hat
C G
Cashin' in on a thirty year crush
D
You can't be young and do that
C G G
You can't be young and do that
[Chorus]
C Em D D
Take my hand Marie
C G D C
Take a death grip on some part of me
C G D Em
Keep me from driftin' far out to sea
Em D C C
Or I'll be lost out there
Em D C C
Or I'll be lost out there
[Instrumental /Solo]
Em D G D C D
Em D G D C C
Em D G C C D D
[Verse]
C G
I was thinkin' 'bout you crossin' Southern Alberta
C D
Canola fields at harvest time look like
C G
Tumbleweeds all raked up into rows
Em D C C
And brown rusty contour lines
[Verse]
C G
And there's not much movin' on the romance radar
C D
Not that I'm cravin' it all that much
C G
But I still need to feel every once in a while
Em D C C
The warmth of a smile and a touch
[Verse]
C G
Then away back corner of a cross-town bus
D Em
We were hidin' out under my hat
C G
Cashin' in on a thirty year crush
D
You can't be young and do that
C G G
You can't be young and do this
G D
You can't be young and do that
C G G
You can't be young and do this
[Chorus]
C Em D D
Take my hand Marie
C G D C
Take a death grip on some part of me
C G D Em
Keep me from driftin' far out to sea
Em D C C
Or I'll be lost out there
Em D C C
Or I'll be lost out there
Em D C
I'll be lost out there