Blue Banisters

Tone [F]

 

There's a pic[G]ture on the wall of [F]me on a John Deere

Jenny [Bb]handed me a beer,

said "How the [C]hell did you get there?"

[G]Oh, Okla[F]homa, mhm,[Bb] hm [C]

There were flo[G]wers that were dry [F]sittin' on the dresser

She [Bb]asked me where they from, I

said "A [C]place I don't remember"

[G]Oh, Okla[F]homa, oh,[Bb] mhm [C]

Jenny jump[F]ed into the pool,

she was swim[C]min' with Nikki Lane

She said [Gm]"Most men don't want a

woman with a [Bb]legacy, it's of age"

She said [F]"You can't be a muse

and [C]be happy too, you can't

[Gm]Blacken the pages with [Bb]Russian poetry and be [F]hap[C]py [Gm] [Bb]

And that [F]scar[C]ed [Gm]me, [Bb]'cause I met a man who

[F]Said he'd come back e[C]very May

[Gm]Just to help me [Bb]if I'd paint my ba[F]nisters [C]blue

Blue [Gm]banisters, oh [Bb]

[F]Said he'd fix my [C]weather vane

[Gm]Give me children, [Bb]take away my pain

And paint my ba[F]nisters [C]blue

[Gm]My banisters [Bb]blue

 

[G]There's a hole that's in my heart

[F]All my women try and heal

[Bb]They're doin' a good job

[C]Convincin' me that it's not real

[G]It's [F]heat lightnin', [Bb]oh-uh [C]

'Cause there's a [G]man that's in my past

There's a [F]man that's still right here

He's real e[Bb]nough to touch in my dar[C]kest nights

[G]He's [F]shining, [Bb]ooh-oh [C]

Jenny was [F]smokin' by the pool

We were [C]writin' with Nikki Lane

I said I'm scar[Gm]ed of the Santa Clarita Fires [Bb]

 

I said the pow[F]er of us three

Can [C]do absolutely anything

Ex[Gm]cept that one thing

The [Bb]diamonds, the rust and the [F]rain [C] [Gm] [Bb]

The thing that washes away the [F]pain [C] [Gm] [Bb]

 

[F]Now when weather [C]turns to May

[Gm]All my sisters [Bb]come to paint

My [F]banisters [C]green

My blue [Gm]banisters [Bb]grey

[F]Tex and Mex are [C]in the Bay

[Gm]Chucky's makin' [Bb]birthday cake

[F]Chickens runnin', bare feet, there's [C]a baby on the way

[Gm]And now my blue [Bb]banisters are green and grey, ah

 

[F]Summer comes, [C]Winter goes

[Gm]Spring I skip, [Bb]God knows

[F]Summer comes, [C]Winter goes

[Gm]Spring I sleep, [Bb]Heaven knows

[F]Every time it [C]turns to May

[Gm]All my sisters [Bb]fly to me

[F]To paint, [C]paint